Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3795237, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats on the long coveted score, David. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I love the phrase &quot;worn but welcomed&quot;... I have plenty of those, but these four spring to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014042[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.72g, 17.6mm. Rome mint, 61 BC, C. Piso L.f. Frugi, moneyer. RBW 1481 (same dies); Babelon Calpurnia 29; Sydenham 876; C. Hersh, NC 1976, 439; Crawford 408/1b. O: Diademed and draped bust of Apollo left, caduceus over shoulder. R: Horseman, holding reins, on horse galloping right; ↓ (L, resembling an arrowhead, for 50) above; C PISO LF FRVG below. Notes: Extremely Rare.</p><p><i>Ex Eucharius Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1014043[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN IMPERATORS. Sextus Pompey</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.35g, 18.6mm. Sicilian mint, circa 42-40 BC. Crawford 511/3a; RSC 17. O: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, head of Pompey the Great between jug (capis) left [and lituus right]. R: PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE / MARIT EX S C, Neptune, nude but for chlamys in the back, standing left, right foot set on prow of ship; he holds aplustre in his outstretched right hand; Anapias and Amphinomus (the Catanaean brothers) flanking him, bearing their parents on their shoulders.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014044[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm (Holed). 2.33g, 16mm. ELIS, Olympia, 97th-100th Olympiad, 392-380 BC. Obverse die signed by Polykaon. BCD Olympia 95; HGC 5, 433 (R2); Seltman, Temple pl. VIII, 20. O: Head and neck of eagle right; ΠO below beak. R: F-A, Thunderbolt, with volutes above and wings below, within wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014045[/ATTACH]<b>VESPASIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.05g, 18.4mm. Rome mint, 21 October 69 - early 70. RIC 2; Cohen 226; BMC 35; Hendin 1479. O: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right. R: Judaea seated right on ground in attitude of mourning, trophy set on shields behind her; IVDAEA in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, with tag noting acquisition date 15 Feb 1943</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in