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SyracusePyrrhosSyracuse Sicily Pyrrhus Epirus 278-276 BCE AE Litra 11.4g 23.3mm Herakles Nemaean Lion scalp - Athena Promachos thunderbolt shield SNG Cop 813, SNG ANS 852 Next: AR Pyrrhos - any of his kingdoms...

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RI Diocletian Ӕ Quinarius 1.46g 16mm Rome AD 284-305 IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter stndng thunderbolt sceptre RARE RIC 193

Carthage LIBYAN UPRISING Mercenary War 241-238 BCE 7.36g AR DiShekel Herakles Head in Lion's Head- Lion walking R SNG Cop 240f

Troas Tenedos late 5th-early 4th C BCE AR Obol 8mm 0.60g Janiform Hera-Zeus - Labrys within incus sq RARE SNG Ash 1235 HGC 6 387

RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm 310-300 BCE 7.3g 21mm Mars-Horse ROMANO - FIRST AR Coin of Rome Cr 13-1 Left

Very nice @rrdenarius! Awesome Sweet-XVI line up !!!

RR Anon Ca 240 BCE AR Heavy Quinarius Drachm 16mm 3.0g Rome Helmet Hd Mars r - Horse’s hd sickle Cr 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a VeryRare

RR Anon after 211 BCE AR Quinarius 2.12g Helmeted hd Roma - Dioscuri riding Cr 68-2b was 44-6 RSC 3 ex Clain-Stefanelli

RR 234-231 BCE AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm Apollo-Horse prancing Crawford 26-1 Sear 28

Sung by the ANIMALS:

Carthage Zeugitania AR ½ Shekel 17mm 3.8g 2nd Punic War 218-202 BC Sicily mint 216-211 BC Tanit l Horse r sun as double uraeus SNG COP 359 Syracuse Sicily Pyrrhus 278-275 BCE AE 24mm 9.2g HeraklesHd - Athena Promachos SG1213 LE584 Left SICILY Syracuse Hieron II 274-216 BC Æ26 15.9g diademed Left - ΙΕΡΟΝΩΣ Hrsemn gallping r hldng spear HGC 2 1548 CNS II 193 Sicily Menainon Hermes in petasos, kerykeion caduceus, two pellets Hexas SYRACUSE 2nd Democr 466-405 BCE Æ Tetras 2.7g 15mm c.425 BCE Arethusa dolphins - Octopus 3 pellets SNG ANS 376 Calciati II.21.1

Since I enjoy the Roman Republic's history so much, my first Ancients book was Sear / Spink "Roman Coins and their Values" Vol. 1. It is still my go-to that I refer the most. I added Vol II, and, of course, several other books.

Remember: Armadillos are ARMORED Possums... they dig up your yard cuz they are preparing for TRENCH WARFARE! 😄 😄 😄

Thank you @Ryro, that is a very kind thought. I am truly honored. It feels good that others share your passions, even if they can be a bit eclectic.

Not much of the Rocks front.... but here is one:

FOSSILS: (are these reasonably correct attributes?)My wife dug these out on her recent Utah trip with one of our Granddaughters...SPECIES: Elrathia KingiCLASS: TrilobitaAGE: Middle Cambrian ( circa. 509 - 497 Million BCE)LOCATION: UtahFORMATION: Wheeler FormationSIZE: 25x34x4mmNOTE: Specimen removed from original concretion.Utah USATrilobite in rock Pre-Cambrian thru Devonian 521M-252M BCE 33x42mm Utah USA

This is part of my Aquarium...Fossil Diplomystus Dentatus Fish 53.5M-48.5M BCE 37mm x 10mm Green River Formation Wyoming USA I lived in NC for 10 years. My wife found this on the beach... Black Shark Tooth.Fossil - Great White Shark Tooth 43x29mm

Calabria Tarentum AR Drachm 18mm 3.1g 3rd C BCE Athena Corinthian Scylla OWL olive TAP ZOP HN Italy 975 Vlasto 1052

Macrinus RI Macrinus 217-218 AE25 CE Facing Quadriga RI Didumenian and Macrinus 217-218 CE AE28 Markianopolis mint Serapis modius

Here is the Uber-Rare nature's own Horned LAND-Hippo... 😄 😄 😄 RI Trajan Egypt AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L HORNED LAND-HIPPO >Rhinoceros< walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino right Kinda the same idea as the:

China Wu Zhu coin clay mold unearthed in SanMenXia City in HeNan Province full obverse impression partial second impression probly H-8.6 110-90 BCE

Here is one of my Jitals without Horseman and Bull... Mongols-Ghazna mnt Khwarezm Genghis Khan 1206-1227 CE AE Jital Islamic RARE - "only The Just Kahn" in title Album 1969 Tye 329

Around 141 BCE, Rome went through a revaluation of the Denarius from 10 Asses to 16 Asses... That is some inflationary impact! or Just a cute way to increase the value of Treasury Reserves... Regardless, there were cool denomination markings from 141 BCE onwards until everyone understood the new valuation of 16 Asses to a Denarius. Please post your cool Revaluation Denarii! 141 BCE XVI Denomination marking RR L Julius 141 BCE Roma XVI Dioscuri Gallop S 100 Cr 224-1 But a little later they went back to a X Denomination, but it represented 16 Asses NOT the original 10 Asses to a Denarius... hmmm a bit CONFUSING... RR C Renius AR Denarius 18mm 3.8g Roma 138 BC Helmeted hd Roma r X - C RENI ROMA Juno driving biga goats r whip reins scepter Cr 231-1 (X must had been a "Get your GOAT" on everyone) Maybe by 136 BCE EVERYONE was confused... maybe angry that they were only get 10 Asses change on their X Denarii, that should had been 16 Asses change! SO, it looks like the put a BAR across the the X ( crossed X- or *) to ensure everyone knew it was a 16 Asses Denarius... RR AR Denarius 3.85g L Antestius Gragulus 136 BCE Rome mint Roma Jupiter quadriga tbolt Cr 238-1 Syd 451 THEN, in 124 BCE they decided that everyone MUST understand that there are 16 Asses to a Denarius... and went BACK to the X denomination... which is not the Roman Numeral 10, rather a secret society script to mean 16 Asses 🙂 RR AR Den Q. Fabius Labeo 124 BCE 18mm 3.7g Rome - Roma R X below - Jupiter in quad Prow LABI Cr 273-1 Syd 532 Welllll... that got all hinkey! Please post your cool Revaluation Denarii!

Yeah, SICILY! Roman Republic Anon AE 28mm 19.2g Quadrans - Sicily mint 214-212 BCE Hercules-Erymanthian boar headress- Bull snake ex RBW Craw 72-7 Scarce