Yes, it's definitely fruit (my opinion). What else could it be? There are coins of later emperors such as Constantius Chlorus showing the...
Fantastic coin and photograph!
Its body is facing right, the head turned front toward the viewer. The lion's face has two eyes and a muzzle.
Yours does have a handsome lion. It looks to me like yours shows the lion with its head in profile while mine shows the lion with its head front,...
I hope it does. I sent a coin via USPS standard mail to my Secret Saturnalia recipient on December 2nd. He received it February 8th. It took the...
I purchased a coin from a German auction house in November. It was shipped to the USA in a package that was postmarked on December 12th: [ATTACH]...
There's also a 1966 historical fiction novel titled Child of the Sun by Kyle Onstott and Lance Horner. It's a love story based on the life of...
What I'm getting out of this is that the auction house has neglected to adjust their starting prices to align more closely with market prices.
I bought a coin from their very first online auction a couple of years ago. Same situation, opening bids at what should be the estimate, poor...
I love Nat Geo maps.
[ATTACH] Septimius Severus. 193–211 CE. Lydia, Hypaepa, Æ35 20.25g, 6h. Magistrate Hermogenos II. SNG COP. —, SNG von Aulock —, SNG Leypold —,...
[ATTACH] Septimius Severus. AR denarius (posthumous issue), Rome, struck under Caracalla 211(?) CE; 19mm, 3.36g, 11h. BMCRE C21–3, RSC 84, Hill...
Great portrait of Domna. On one of the coins, the bottom left border is off the flan, on the other the top right border is off the flan. Together...
I've been waiting for a coin since 2013, maybe it will show up one day. :hilarious:
I tried again and again to access the buy or bid sale and view the coins. Their site doesn't work. This seems to be an ongoing problem every time...
Io Saturnalia! I want to thank my Secret Saturnalia person for sending me some wonderful coins — three Greek and one Roman provincial! A...
A stunning top 5 with impressive provenances.
I never received a coin from them that I won from their auction on October 25th. On December 2nd, I sent an email explaining that tracking had it...
@DonnaML Congratulations on a fantastic year of collecting. All of your coins are wonderful. My favorites is the coin showing the priest...
Some Severan women are feasible because there are a limited number of reverse types. Especially Julia Paula and Aquilia Severa. But for Julia...
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