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Great interview, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix and @Roman Collector! My apologies for just now getting to sit down and enjoy this interview. I always look forward to your Friday Faustina posts, @Roman Collector your research and attention to detail is admirable. If you are not already the foremost authority on the Faustina coinage you’ll most certainly reach that milestone in the near future.

Thank you for a great interview @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Beautiful work, @Curtisimo , you’re an amazing artist, craftsman, and historian.

Thanks to all responding to this thread. Your encouraging comments and reactions always motivate me and fuel my creative drive. Thank you, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix for including me in your excellent “Interview with a Member” series. Your work putting these posts together is no small task and is greatly appreciated.

Thank you, @seth77! You’ve inspired me to listen to my "Best of Bob Dylan" CD next time I’m in my car.

I’m working on a Macintosh computer and using Adobe graphics and illustration software. Thank you also, @kirispupis for your inspiring coin posts!

Many thanks @Ryro! I’m using the Adobe Suite of software which includes Illustrator, PhotoShop, and InDesign. A few of the early science illustrations were done using Freehand which has since been discontinued. Most of my coin poster work is done in InDesign. I’ve recently started to experiment with A.I. Images by taking them into PhotoShop to modify them.

Amazing history! Great post and photographs.

Thank you for your Black Friday greetings and for another great write-up @Roman Collector!

Your right, Donna — I don’t think they ate at tables either. I confess that I used a generous amount of artistic license with that one. 🎨 I’d better add some historical disclaimers.

Since our American Thanksgiving holiday and the Roman Holiday Cerealia (honoring the goddess Ceres and occurring in April ) have so many similarities, I thought I’d post a few denarii featuring Ceres and Annona (Goddess of the grain supply). This is a fantasy image concocted by D.R. and not necessarily historically accurate. These are fantasy images concocted by D.R. and not necessarily historically accurate. I invite you to post your Ceres, Annona, and grain modius coins.

Thank you for your kind comments @JeandAcre ...and for mentioning the interesting Seleucid — Macabbee / Hasmonean period.

I’ve been so inspired by the fine posts in the Greek Forum that I decided it was time to update my Seleucid collection. I’ve been collecting Seleucid bronzes for as long as I’ve been collecting Judaean coins. When I’ve mentioned in the past about how my first ancient coin was actually an entire boxed collection called Coins of the Holy Land, I sometimes forget to mention that one of the coins in the set was a Seleucid bronze of Antiochus VI. I was so taken with the beautiful classical Greek portrait on the coin that over the years I’ve acquired quite a few of them. Anyway, here’s my collection in one virtual heap followed by my favorite twenty. If any forum members are into Seleucid bronzes I invite you to post them.

Superb post, @Curtisimo! I haven’t been visiting the Greek forum as often as I should and I’m a little late. Apollo coins are sparse in my collection and that’s something I need to work on. Here are my two favorites of the few I have.

Great post, @Amarmur! Nero was a fascinating and notorious emperor and a truly iconic figure in history. For me at least one coin featuring his image was a must. Here’s my entire Nero collection.

Thank you for a fascinating post, @Prieure de Sion! I always think about the ancient history of the coins in my collection and rarely about their recent history. Your post gives more to think about. The wars, plagues, famines, and human suffering these coins have witnessed is extraordinary.

In commemoration of the Emperor’s birthday on November 17, 9 AD Here’s my first Cappadocian coin and my first hemidrachm. I would love to see your hemidrachma and your favorite Vespasian provincials.

Feel free to display your Tiberius coins or coins featuring any other spectacular Roman event.

Whenever one of my coins disappears into a parallel universe 🪐 — my wife tells me to check the cuffs of my pants.

Great coin and fun post, @JayAg47! Although he was neither a deity or Greek to my knowledge, MAX THRAX was certainly a very large man. His appearance must have had a rather terrifying effect on those opposing him.

Great coins and post @Nerosmyfavorite68! Here is my Alexander Zabinas.

Interesting post and great coin, @expat Here’s my Elagabalus denarius and a conceptual image of what Elagabal might have looked like.

Today, November 13, or thereabouts, marks the time of year the November Ides celebration would occur. Feel free to post your Minerva, Juno, and Jupiter coins or any coin that features an image of a statue.

An homage to Veteran’s Day 2023 Please post your coins featuring the same Roman Emperor on both sides of the coin — not necessarily in a battle situation although since it’s Veteran’s Day weekend, that would certainly be appropriate.

Great post, @Roman Collector and great Concordia reverses. Of all the Roman deities in my collection, Concordia is the most plentiful — although I have no examples of her standing with cornucopia and patera such as yours. As far as Roman deities are concerned Concordia’s benevolence makes her one of my favorites. She’d be welcome to come knocking on my door anytime, which is not the case for all Roman deities. For example, I’d have to make a dash for the back door if Nemesis were to show up on my front steps 😱 🏃‍♂️ 😆 !

The Julia Domna/Venus denarius... ...has always been a favorite of mine because it was one of the first denarii in my collection. Thanks for posting, @JayAg47!