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  1. 13 minutes ago, JayAg47 said:

    I don't like people shaping history as they like. But, in this instance historical record shows Elagabalus often portrayed himself (or herself) as a woman. I'm not sure if it's appeasing the LGBTQ community, but, we also should not view history as either black or white. In regards to numismatics, I've never seen a coin where Elagabalus has elaborate hairdos like other empresses or anything suggesting feminine. 

    If they existed, I would expect them to go for huge amounts of money, more for curiosity sake, similar to the "Tribute Penny", when overall, the "Penny" is common and boring.

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  2. I was actually going to post this story yesterday, but I felt it may have lead to political talk, so I didn't bother.

    He's one of my favorites to collect. Instead of the usual denarius or Antioch, here is a Alexandrian.

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    Elagabalus (218 - 222 A.D.)

    Egypt, Alexandria
    Billon Tetradrachm
    O: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTWNINOC EVCEB, Laureate bust right.
    R: Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; LΔ (date) to left.. Dated RY 4 (220/221 A.D.)
    22mm
    13.59g
    Köln 2326; Dattari 4153; Milne 2819 = Emmett 2921.4

    Rare

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    Tiberius II Constantine, (578 - 582 A.D.)

    Æ Follis
    O: D M TIB CONSTANT P P, Crowned bust of Tiberius facing wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle tipped scepter.
    R: Large M, ANNO on left, cross above, GI on right, NIKOB in exergue. Dated Year 7 (589 - 581 A.D.)
    13.43g
    30mm
    Nicomedia Mint
    DOC 30b, Sear 441

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

    AR Tetradrachm
    Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria
    O: AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right.
    R: ∆HMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO ∆, facing eagle, head left holding wreath in beak, star between legs.
    27mm
    12.5g
    Prieur 1179

     

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

    AR Tetradrachm
    Mesopotamia, Carrhae
    O: AVT·K·M·A ANTONЄINOC ·C-EB · ·, laureate head of Caracalla right; two pellets beneath rear truncation.
    R: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Δ, eagle standing facing on bucranium, dot to each side, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak.
    28mm
    17.10g
    Prieur 820, Bellinger 160, SGI 2701

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

    AR Tetradrachm
    Beroea, Cyrrhestica, Syria
    O: AVT K M AV ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    R: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC Δ / B - E.
    Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bird facing between legs.
    13.38g
    27mm
    Prieur 884

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

    AR Tetradrachm
    PHOENICIA. Tyre
    O: AVT KAI ANTωNINOC CЄ, Laureate bust right.
    R: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, Eagle, with head left, wreath in beak and wings spread, standing facing on club right; murex shell between legs. Struck 213/17AD
    15.47g
    26mm
    Prieur 1547

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

    AR Tetradrachm
    MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena
    O: AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
    R: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; rectangle between legs. Struck 215/17AD
    13.93g
    27mm
    Prieur 876 Bellinger 172

     

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    Publius Furius Crassipes (84 B.C.)

    AR Denarius
    O: AED CVR, turretted head of Cybele right. Long oval gouge and tool mark across Cybele's head (al marco weight adjustments).
    R: Curule chair inscribed P FOVRIUS, CRASSIPES in exergue.
    Rome Mint
    3.9g
    20.5mm
    RCV 275

    Publius Furius strikes here not as moneyer, but as a special issue in his role as Curule Aedile, hence the curule chair bearing his name. 

     

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    Vitellius (69 A.D.)

    AR Denarius
    O: A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P,Laureate head right.
    R: S P Q R / OB / C S in three lines within wreath.
    Rome Mint, 69 A.D.
    3.15g
    18.5mm
    RIC I 83; RSC 86.

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    Vitellius (69 A.D.)

    Egypt, Alexandria
    
Billon Tetradrachm

    O: ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ, laureate head right.
    
R: Nike advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm frond with her left; LA (date) to left.

    23mm

    12.99g
    
RPC 5372; Köln 260-2; Dattari 340; K&G 19.1. Emmett 196.1

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  7. Great example. Mine is a L Buca too.

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    Julius Caesar (February-March 44 B.C)

    AR Denarius
    Lifetime Issue
    O: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left.
    R: Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; L • BVC[A] downwards to right. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer.
    Rome Mint
    3.92g
    17mm
    Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 62–3, 67, and 69 (A13/R22); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683.

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    Severus Alexander (222 - 235 A.D.)

    Egypt, Alexandria
    Billon Tetradrachm
    O: A KAI MAP AYP CEYHP AΛEΞANΔPOC EYCEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    R: Tyche (Fortuna) facing left, reclining on a "lectisternium" (vessel) holding a rudder with her r. hand, leaning head on left. At left LE=5th yr. or 226 AD
    Alexandria Mint
    10.4g
    24.6mm
    Dattari 4384 Emmett 3140.5

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    Chosroes II (Khusro II) (591-628 A.D.)

    Sasanian Empire
    AR Drachm
    O: GDH apzwt | hwslwb
    Facing bust, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock.
    R: sycsyh | RD
    Fire altar with two attendants standing facing, both hands on sword hilt, crescents on heads, all inside triple dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock.
    Year 33 (622/623)
    LYW for Rev-Ardashir
    4.1g
    32mm
    Göbl SN, Xusro II, IIb/3 (Plate XIII/211-215); Valentine 50

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    Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 A.D.)

    AR Denarius

    Struck Under Marcus Aurelius
    O: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare draped bust right.
    R: CONSECRATIO, funeral pyre of four tiers with quadriga on top.
    Rome Mint, 161 - 180 A.D.
    18mm
    3.2g
    RIC III M. Aurelius 438

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