I have one joint-reign-era silver of Gallienus, and one of Valerian: [ATTACH] Gallienus. 253–68 CE. AR antoninianus, Samosata mint, struck 255–6...
Fantastic portrait of Septimius! Yes, the forked beard of Septimius Severus. Did it really look like that? Or were the forks added to his...
Amazing detail on a lot of these coins! Very impressive and fun to look at! Here are a couple of mine. Caracalla was a big fan of Hercules:...
You're right.
Maridvnvm has the correct attribution. I posted one here but it was wrong. I should have looked more closely at the coin.
Wow, this is a handsome group. I like the minor varieties. I notice that these Eastern Sev Alex coins often come cracked in a very similar way....
Thank you! I'll trade you my one Annia for the three beauties you just posted! ;) They're all amazing. I can't pick a favorite, all three are that...
Thank you, Ancient Aussie! You and randygeki both have these wonderful Claudius bronzes with Libertas. Love them!
Those are some handsome bronzes. I especially like the elegant artistic style of Lady Libertas on the Claudius coin.
Annia Faustina denarii are pretty much out of reach price wise. Even provincials are expensive. An Annia Faustina denarius, finest known, sold in...
Congratulations on your find. Mariniana does look beautiful! I'm curious if you only collect empresses, or if it's a sub-specialty you're...
I LOVE this! Such a great error. :)
Accurate. I didn't mean to imply by my post that I own the rights to the published images or should have control over them. Nonetheless, I'm a...
Very cool! Your image and the one in the article look different enough that it would be easy to overlook that they're the same.
One of the main objections to slabbing is that it detracts from the visual enjoyment of the coin because the prongs are distracting and get in the...
Thanks! I guess that's why NGC chose it for their article.
Excellent coin. Yes, please also share images of coins with Libertas from any era, or images of your Severus Alexander coins!
I was thumbing through the latest issue of the CSNS publication called The Centinel, and an illustration caught my eye. I knew right away, from...
Here are some coins of Elagabalus minted in the East, where it was fairly common for the engraver to run out of room for the G in AVG on the...
Severus Alexander. AR denarius, Eastern mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. Rev: AEQVITAS AV [sic]. The engraver had plenty of room here....
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