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My only crab - Cassius, 42 BC

P Clodius, denarius 42 BC, laureate head of Apollo, lyre behind Brutus, denarius 42 BC, obv - Apollo, rev - lyre OOPS - This is Libertas, not Apollo!! At least I got the lyre right.

How about Cupid on a dolphin? Mn. Cordius Rufus denarius, 46 BC, Venus on obverse

Love the tetradrachm @John060167 Here’s a Caesarian denarius from Sicily in 47 BC. A Allienus was Caesar’s proconsul in Sicily and this coin shows the triskeles, symbol of Sicily, on the reverse. This is also the first of many of Caesar’s issues that feature Venus.

Ancient, but not a coin. Roman mosaic, 3rd-4th century AD, now displayed as a table at Chateau jdmKY

Cleopatra w/Marc Antony, denarius 34BC

Julius Caesar, January 44 BC This is a type that I have sought for many years. I passed up a chance to buy a much nicer one about 30 years ago and have always regretted it. This one came from NAC USA at NYINC. As is standard for this issue, the reverse lettering is weak. It celebrates Caesar’s 5th Consulship. David Sear speculates that this coin would have been given to dignitaries at consular ceremonies.

Cassius, 42 BC NEXT - more seafood

Brutus, 43-42 BC

That is indeed a beautiful coin! I love that type and the toning is spectacular. Here’s my lone croc - Octavian, 28 BC

Brutus, 42 BC NEXT - more Brutus

Octavian/Divus Julius Caesar- 43 BC NEXT: More gold

Here are more globe/orbs: Julius Caesar, 44 BC Octavian, 32-29 BC Octavian, 29-27 BC

Here are my 2, both from 46 BC

I vote for 2 and 9. Both are challenging Imperatorials and have been on my want list. Overall a nice variety of coins. Congratulations on a great year!

I’ve got a couple of Imperatorial Dioscuri Mn Cordius Rufus, 46 BC L Servius Rufus, 43 BC

You mentioned you’re looking for Crawford 505/5 as am I. But I do have an example of 505/4, the aureus version of the coin. One of the unusual cases where the aureus is more easily attainable than the denarius.

We’ll, my standards aren’t quite so high, so here’s my Crawford 502/3 -

Well, it’s a balmy -5 in Kentucky today. We’re headed to Florida Sunday and the city of Naples has issued a weather advisory that the wind chill there may plummet to 30 degrees- oh, the horror! Anyway, here are my 2 coins with fire - L Papius Celsus, 45 BC, reverse shows a wolf adding a stick to a fire while an eagle is doing his best to fan the flames Octavian, 35 BC, reverse shows Temple of Divus Julius Caesar with a lighted altar to the left

I’ll be in Wednesday thru Sunday. I’ll attend the preview. I look forward to seeing everyone!

Thanks for sharing, @Phil Davis! As someone who also collects Brutus, I agree with everyone's remarks about this spectacular group. @Limesis correct, I would be ecstatic with ANY 503/1, but yours is incredible. It is also challenging to find the quinarii in that condition.

Here’s my Diana’s- L Hostilius Saserna, 48 BC Accoleius Lariscolus, 42 BC P Clodius m f Turrinus, 42 BC

My journey started over 40 years ago, while I was honeymooning in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. I stopped in one of the Cardow jewelry stores, there was one on every corner, and saw that they had a display with dozens of ancient coins for sale, from $5 to $20. It looked interesting so I bought the Vespasian shown below - When I returned home, I tucked it away for a few years without thinking about it. When I came across it several years later, I started thinking, if these were so inexpensive, there must be a lot of them available. I’ve always been fascinated with ancient history, so I started reading. I bought multiple volumes of David Sear’s works and started as a generalist, with no real idea what I might end up collecting. At one point, I thought maybe Athenian coins would be the way to go, but I later gravitated to Roman Republican. I continued to read and once I learned about the EID MAR denarius, I realized that Imperatorial was really what held my interest. The historical significance of the period plus the symbolism of the images was irresistible. I traded all of my existing coins for a couple of Roman mosaics and decided to get serious about specializing. Starting in the mid-80’s, I started buying Imperatorials. In those “good ole days” you could actually buy some nice examples without having to fight for them in an auction. It also helped when I learned that we had a very good dealer nearby in Lexington - Jon Kern. Some years I could acquire multiple coins, but there were also several periods of time when I bought none. I have never sold any of my Imperatorials, but there are a few that I may consider upgrading. I am closing in on 100 coins at this point. By the way, I kept the Vespasian (but not Wife #1).

Here’s my coins of Cassius. I’ve also got quite a few of Brutus, but I’ll wait for a thread dedicated to him alone.

Here’s my only fire coin - L Papius Celsius, 45 BC, obverse is Juno Sospita, reverse shows a wolf placing a stick on a flame which is being fanned by an eagle Congratulations on your retirement, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix!