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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8129887, member: 57495&quot;]Though they had the old coins to copy from, the style of past emperors&#039; portraits on most of these contorniates are still (unsurprisingly) a little &quot;off&quot;.&nbsp; But yeah, it would seem Nero was still hugely popular centuries after his death. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite a good number of these contorniates had palm fronds engraved onto them, probably in reference to festive celebrations or sporting games.&nbsp; The contorniate that was in Dr Walker&#039;s Nomos auction was a much nicer and more interesting one than mine, and waaay beyond my pay scale. That Nero tetradrachm is fantastic, btw, thanks for showing it! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re right about this one falling into the &quot;impossible&quot; category...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416092[/ATTACH] </p><p>Septimius Severus. AE Diobol</p><p>Obv: Head of Sept. Severus r., laureate.</p><p>Rev: Representation of a &quot;theoxenion&quot; (lectisternium). From right to left on a couch covered with cushions stretched r. hand; Harpocrates facing, reclining to l., his head turned towards Sarapis; Isis with cornucopiae and scptre; Demeter holding torch in r. hand, with l. outstretched; Hermanubis.&nbsp; Below the couch three niches; in the central one, Tyche reclining to l. on a couch.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;In any case, I&#039;ll be keeping an eye out for a Severan snake cowboy for you!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a hard life but someone&#039;s gotta live it.&nbsp; I still can&#039;t get over Uncle Billy and that $8000!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the compliment!&nbsp; It helped that I managed to win coins that were easy to write about.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Brian.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t forget your hilarious term of endearment for her and just had to bring it up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Love that Price 385 with the snake control mark![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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