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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3720641, member: 91461"]The thread title could easily be my collections title!</p><p>Very Cool Titus coin. The portrait, though worn, looks to have been done in a very fine style. And of course nice Mary Beard quote.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, here are some of my favorite "beaters":</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997330[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny</u></b></p><p>485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obv right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997332[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Julius Caesar </u></b></p><p>P. Sepullius Macer - Venus Denarius, lifetime issue Feb-March 44 BC. Moneyer P. Sepullius Macer. Obv: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO legend with laureate and veiled head of Gaius Julius Caesar right. Rev: P SEPVLLIVS MACER legend with Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand, and sceptre set on shield in left. 20mm, 3.18 grams. Crawford 480/13; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; Sear 1414. Fine. Scarce. Ex-Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997335[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Britannicus, with Octavia and Antonia </u></b></p><p>Mysia, Kyzikos, AD.41-55. AE (12mm, 1.29g). NЄOC ΓЄPMANIKOC / K - Y. Bare head of Britannicus right. / AN OKTA. Confronted and draped busts of Antonia and Octavia. RPC 2248. Rare! Former Kairos Numismatik</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997336[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Julia Titi</u></b></p><p>(Daughter of Titus)AE Dupondius Empress. 10.76 grams 27mm</p><p>Rome AD 279-80</p><p>Obv IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA</p><p>Draped bust of Julia right hair in bun</p><p>Rv CERES AVGVST S C</p><p>Ceres standing left holding corn ears and long torch</p><p>Sear 2615 RIC Titus 177</p><p>Former: fvrisus.rvfvs</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997337[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Livia as Julia Augusta</u></b> </p><p>Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 22. </p><p>Decorated carpentum drawn </p><p>r. by two mules / Legend </p><p>around large S •, RIC </p><p>Tiberius 51. 23.1g, 36mm, </p><p>9h. Brass-brown tone</p><p>Former: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/usr/lorddeibi6?_trksid=p2047675.l2559" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/usr/lorddeibi6?_trksid=p2047675.l2559" rel="nofollow">lorddeibi6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997331[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Richard III</u></b></p><p>1483-1485 CE, Silver Groat, type III, London mint, crowned facing bust, within tressure of nine arcs, large fleur on six cusps, initial sun and rose 3 both sides, rev long cross pattée, tri-pellets in each inner angle, twin concentric legends and beaded circles surrounding, 2.71g (N 1679; S 2157).</p><p><br /></p><p>And I'll end with a Judean to compliment your new Titus...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Pontius Pilate </u></b></p><p>(Procurator 26-36 CE). AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 30-31 AD. D/ Lituus. TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC. Dated RY 17 of Tiberius (30 CE R/ LIZ within wreath. RPC 4968. Hendin 649. AE. g. 1.95 mm. 16.00 About VF. Former Artemide Kunstauktionen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3720641, member: 91461"]The thread title could easily be my collections title! Very Cool Titus coin. The portrait, though worn, looks to have been done in a very fine style. And of course nice Mary Beard quote. That said, here are some of my favorite "beaters": [ATTACH=full]997330[/ATTACH] [B][U]SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny[/U][/B] 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obv right field. [ATTACH=full]997332[/ATTACH] [B][U]Julius Caesar [/U][/B] P. Sepullius Macer - Venus Denarius, lifetime issue Feb-March 44 BC. Moneyer P. Sepullius Macer. Obv: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO legend with laureate and veiled head of Gaius Julius Caesar right. Rev: P SEPVLLIVS MACER legend with Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand, and sceptre set on shield in left. 20mm, 3.18 grams. Crawford 480/13; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; Sear 1414. Fine. Scarce. Ex-Savoca [ATTACH=full]997335[/ATTACH] [B][U]Britannicus, with Octavia and Antonia [/U][/B] Mysia, Kyzikos, AD.41-55. AE (12mm, 1.29g). NЄOC ΓЄPMANIKOC / K - Y. Bare head of Britannicus right. / AN OKTA. Confronted and draped busts of Antonia and Octavia. RPC 2248. Rare! Former Kairos Numismatik [ATTACH=full]997336[/ATTACH] [B][U]Julia Titi[/U][/B] (Daughter of Titus)AE Dupondius Empress. 10.76 grams 27mm Rome AD 279-80 Obv IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA Draped bust of Julia right hair in bun Rv CERES AVGVST S C Ceres standing left holding corn ears and long torch Sear 2615 RIC Titus 177 Former: fvrisus.rvfvs [ATTACH=full]997337[/ATTACH] [B][U]Livia as Julia Augusta[/U][/B] Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 22. Decorated carpentum drawn r. by two mules / Legend around large S •, RIC Tiberius 51. 23.1g, 36mm, 9h. Brass-brown tone Former: [URL='http://www.ebay.com/usr/lorddeibi6?_trksid=p2047675.l2559']lorddeibi6[/URL] [ATTACH=full]997331[/ATTACH] [B][U]Richard III[/U][/B] 1483-1485 CE, Silver Groat, type III, London mint, crowned facing bust, within tressure of nine arcs, large fleur on six cusps, initial sun and rose 3 both sides, rev long cross pattée, tri-pellets in each inner angle, twin concentric legends and beaded circles surrounding, 2.71g (N 1679; S 2157). And I'll end with a Judean to compliment your new Titus... [ATTACH=full]997338[/ATTACH] [B][U]Pontius Pilate [B][U][/U][/B][/U][/B] (Procurator 26-36 CE). AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 30-31 AD. D/ Lituus. TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC. Dated RY 17 of Tiberius (30 CE R/ LIZ within wreath. RPC 4968. Hendin 649. AE. g. 1.95 mm. 16.00 About VF. Former Artemide Kunstauktionen[/QUOTE]
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