Steve

Donna, they are obviously "all' winna-winnas, but I particularly like 4-9-10 

4 => elephants are always winners

9 => that cheeky-horse turning his head (I love it)

10 => a biga of fricken lions??? => for the WIN

... keep-up the awesome collecting (you Rock!) 

Cheers & Happy Holidays

'crude' design ... meh, I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but I decided that it might be close-enough?

=> a one-sided coin made out of lead (Pb) ... pretty fricken crude, right? .... hey, but it's a cool ANT 

NEXT => bring-on the INSECTS!!

Congrats on having a great part-time career and also congrats on your recent retirement ... it sucks getting old, but you must feel great that you had that meaningful/helpful side-career, eh? (you're a hero)

I loved seeing everybody's cool fire-coins 

... ummm, here are a few from my ol' collection ... 

That's a sweet Top-10, RC => congrats on accumulating that cool group of Faustina I & II ... Faustinas? ... Faustinae?

Curious, is 2023 going to be another year of collecting this coin-theme?

I had a a couple of pretty cool examples for each of these ladies (wanna see 'em, again ... and again?) ... okay, here they are

Faustina-II (Junior)

Faustina-II (Junior)

Faustina-I (Senior)

Faustina-I (Senior)

Congrats again on those 10 sweet additions ... keep that shit up!!

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Sweet coins, ambrOzie ... ummm, I like the ostrich the best as well

Here are my favs => 2-7-8-10 ...... oh, and 5 also gets a golf-clap because of its big-boy size! 

"L" is for Lesbos ... mmmm, Lesbos

"L" is for Lucania

"L" is for L Papius

SWEET!! ... Julius-G, congrats on snagging that cool Sept Sev Sestertius

Ummm, here is my ol' Sep-Sev Sest ... such cool coins, in-hand, eh?

Septimius Severus Sestertius

Obverse: IMP CAES L SEPT SEV PERT AVG - Laureate head of Septimius Severus

Reverse: VIRT AVG TR P AVG - Virtus holding Victory and spear

Date: 193 AD

Diameter: 28.4 mm.

Weight: 18.8 gr.

References: RIC 657 (S)

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UNO => super-cool, black patina 

1894 Newfie "20 cent piece" ... silly Newfies

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"J" is for "Judaea" 

"J" is for "Julia & Julian"

UNO => Commodus ... please "don't" ignore this posting 

Commodus AE as

Rome mint

177-192 AD

Diameter: 25 mm

Weight: 11.55 grams

Obverse: Commodus bust right wearing lion’s skin: L.AEL.AVREL.COMM.AVG.P.FEL

Reverse: Very interesting reverse with the following legend HERCVL / ROMAN / AVGV ... in three lines, divided by club, all within wreath

Other: Nice tone … super-cool sprue

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UNO => Simpulum

Ooops, sorry ... I must be hammered? ... please ignore

UNO => She-Wolf, facing right 

L. PAPIUS CELSUS, AR DENARIUS

ROME 45 BC

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 4.06 grams

Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress tied at neck; all within border of dots

Reverse: She-wolf standing right, placing stick on fire; on right, eagle standing left, fanning the flames, CELSVS • III • VIR above, L • PAPIVS in exergue

Reference: Crawford 472/1; CRI 82; Sydenham 964

Other: Nice silver tone

Better in hand!! Very scarce

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"another 1st century AD coin"

Domitian. Æ Quadrans

Rome mint

AD 81-96

Struck AD 90-91

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 2.11 grams

Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of Apollo right; laurel branch before

Reverse: Raven standing right on laurel branch

Reference: RIC II 715

Other: 6h … brown surfaces, minor roughness

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NEXT => a raven, or a crow 

... ummm, after 4 hours, I'll accept an eagle as well 

Ummm, how 'bout Julia Mamaea ...

 EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta

BI Tetradrachm

222-235 AD

Dated RY 11 of Severus Alexander (AD 231/2)

Diameter: 23 mm

Weight: 12.92 grams

Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea right

Reverse: Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus; L A (date) behind, palm before

Reference: Köln 2526; Dattari (Savio) 4511; K&G 64.74; Emmett 3224

Other: 12h … brown patina

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NEXT => A coin with another super-cool hat

"H" is also for "Hungry, Hungry Hadrian"

"H" is for "Hungry, Hungry Hippos"

Otacilia Severa. Augusta, Æ Sestertius

AD 244-249

Secular Games issue., 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248

Rome mint

Diameter: 28 mm

Weight: 15.99 grams

Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane

Reverse: Hippopotamus standing right

Reference: RIC IV 200a (Philip I); Banti 13

Other:12h … Good VF, dark brown patina, with some red.

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"F" is for any ancient-chick with "Faust" in their handle 

Fausta Augusta (below)

Faustina-II (below)

Faustina-II (below)

Faustina-I (below)

Faustina-I (below)

Far-out, eh?

"E" is for "Eagles"

UNO => Lycia

... ummm, take your pick of stuff to use 

Lycia, Masikytes AR hemidrachm (below)

1st century BC

Diameter: 12.3 mm

Weight: 0.83 grams

Obverse: Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder

Reverse: Quiver; torch to left, uncertain object to right; A - Y, M - A, all within incuse square

Reference: S. 5299

Other: Nice tone

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Lycia, Phaselis AE18 (below)

2nd-1st century BC

Diameter: 18.3 mm

Weight: 4.3 grams

Obverse: Galley with Nike flying over

Reverse: Athena holding thunderbolt

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Lycia, Termessos Minor (below)
AE21, 5.14g, 9h; 1st-century BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right, scepter behind
Rev.: TEP-MHΣ/ΣE-ΩN; winged thunderbolt; bee countermark.
Reference: BMC 277, 9 (Pisidia). SNG von Aulock 4455

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"E" is for "Elephants"

=> Excellent Elephants, Eh?

"Veiled bust"

eh-heh-heh ... I went for Faustina-I as well (is that okay?)

Diva Faustina Senior. Æ As

Died AD 140/1

Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146

Diameter: 26 mm

Weight: 19.43 grams

Obverse: Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head

Reverse: Garlanded altar with closed doors

Reference: RIC III 1191A (Pius)

Other: 6h … brown patina

Ex-stevex6 … From the David Wray Collection

NEXT => an "altar"

UNO => LB (year 2)

Carinus Potin Tetradrachm

Date: Year 2 (283-284 AD)
Diameter: 18.9 mm
Weight: 7.3 grams
Obverse: Laureate bust of Carinus
Reverse: Eagle between standards

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