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Ah the color of money ..... Not peach Not lemon Not violet Just Olive Green 'Tito' as Augustus AE As Rv Spes with flower   |
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Unattributed as yet, Nerva   |
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And Alexander the Great Shield and Helmet   And Club and Quiver   |
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My favourites (I'm sure people will have seen them before but unfortunately my area of collecting is so narrow now I rarely have anything new to offer  ):   FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C - Bust right, Laureate.
GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, naked standing left, modus on head holding patera and cornucopiae
296AD - RIC VI Lugdunum 17a (p243) |
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Are those colors in #2 true ?
Or did you spray paint it 'kelly green' !
Love it
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Are those colors in #2 true ?
Or did you spray paint it 'kelly green' ! Yup - all natural  |
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The only two greens I have,  Thrace, Mesembria. 450 - 350 BC. AE-10. 10.66mm, 0.92g. Facing Helmet. / META within the spokes of a radiate wheel.   AS, Caligula/Vesta. 10.2 G, 28 MM Obverse : C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P, Bare head left of Caligula Reverse : VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre |
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Nice coins guys!
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Here's my favorite:  Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AE23 Litra. Period 4, circa 295 BC. SWTEIRA, head of Artemis right, in triple-pendant earring & necklace, quiver over shoulder. Reverse, Winged thunderbolt, AGAQOKLEOS above, BASILEOS below 9.58 gr |
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The Green empire is well represented here... Genghis Khan Billon Jital, 1206-1227 AD !!  |
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Wow--what a cool piece of history Ancientnoob!  |
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Thanks DV it was minted in Afghanistan and names the Great, Just Khan and the name of a puppet wazir.
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