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Nice coin and nice job IDing it TIS.
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Not Arcadius. Yeah I know... all busts of this era look the same so just throw a dart at the list. I wanted to use one of my own coins but have so few ancients. Just finished cleaning this one-- hasn't been posted yet. This is coin F9 from My First Dirties, but that probably won't help you much. Edited by ThisIsFun
06/13/2013 8:30 pm
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Clue time:
A boy's best friend is his... chicken.
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06/13/2013 8:41 pm
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His chicken was named Roma.
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06/13/2013 9:04 pm
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06/13/2013 9:15 pm
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The coin isn't boring, I'm just brain dead today. Go ahead an post another one.
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I don't have another one ready. I'd rather guess anyway :) Please post one, ski, if you have one ready. Oh, here is my coin, an Honorius. I haven't done the full attribution yet.  Not sure if the chicken story is true or just bad publicity, but fwiw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)Quote:
In his History of the Wars, Procopius mentions a story (which Gibbon disbelieved) where, on hearing the news that Rome had "perished", Honorius was initially shocked; thinking the news was in reference to a favorite chicken he had named "Roma".
"At that time they say that the Emperor Honorius in Ravenna received the message from one of the eunuchs, evidently a keeper of the poultry, that Rome had perished. And he cried out and said, 'And yet it has just eaten from my hands!' For he had a very large cock, Rome by name; and the eunuch comprehending his words said that it was the city of Rome which had perished at the hands of Alaric, and the emperor with a sigh of relief answered quickly: 'But I thought that my fowl Rome had perished.' So great, they say, was the folly with which this emperor was possessed." Procopius, The Vandalic War (III.2.25â€"26) |
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