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  1. 21 hours ago, Phil Anthos said:

    Domitian / Minerva

    89 AD
    AR Denarius (18mm, 3.07g)
    O: Laureate head right; IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR [P VIII].
    R: Minerva standing right, wielding javelin and holding shield; IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS P P P.
    RSC 252 / RIC 137 / van Meter 39-3
    ex Tom Cederlind

    "There was a raven, strange to tell,
    Perched upon Jove's own gable, whence
    He tried to tell us 'All is well' -
    But he had to use the future tense."

    ~ Suetonius (The Twelve Caesars)

    Next: Galba's second cousin's girlfriend 

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    By the way, who is Galba's second cousin's girlfriend ? Now I can't get that out of my head!

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  2. Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius with reverse of Aurelius lifting Italy up as the restorer or rebuilder of Italy.

    Next, town or city in Italy , but not Rome or Sicily...

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  3. RR denarius Regulus c. 42 BCE...

    Obverse: Bare head of Livineius Regulus to right.

    Reverse: L•REGVLV[S] Bestiarius standing left, spearing lion leaping right; behind, another man standing right, fighting with sword and shield against a panther leaping left; to upper left, bear sitting right .

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    next,  lion.

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  4. Congrats on your great Nero denarius.  I'm Partial to his coins.

    Here is my latest Nero - Sestertius with reverse of triumphant arc.

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    Country: NERO
    Year: 64
    State/Grade: VF+
    Nominal: Sesterce
    Weight (g): 23,64
    Material: bronze
    Catalog number: C.306 RIC.500 RIC.500 BMC/RE.333 WCN.452 BN/R.-

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  5. It's hard to guess if most people wouldn't like a particular coin, but I think in general most classical coin collectors find Aes Grave rather boring. I , however have always had a special affinity for these hefty pieces.

    here is a RR sextans...

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    next,  more Aes Grave...

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