One of my favorite Denarii (the coin is excellent in hand, but the auction house pics are terrible and my photographic skills are even more...
Fantastic. Is there a way, in theory, to straighten it without damage?
Those 2 examples shown by @zumbly are the most elaborate Damnatio Memoriae examples I have ever seen.
[ATTACH] Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. AR denarius RIC 173, AD 222-228 Obverse Legend: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG Type: Bust of Severus...
@Iepto you are absolutely correct.
Severus Alexander? https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10239
I'm sure ancient people were not idiots. The percentage of illiterate people was greater than today, but the scholars and the intellectuals, in...
@DonnaML congratulations for you collection and thank you for all the valuable and documented information you provide in your posts. I posted...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is the same coin but different light. Thanks for the links, I will try to see if I find something related to mine.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have this Augustus As for a while [ATTACH] Poor condition but I managed to attribute it without issues...
Possibly Pertinax RIC 8 ? http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.pert.8 Edit - beard style doesn't match Pertinax though...
Can I visit you for a few days, @galba68 ? I am a great cook and I can play guitar. Joking of course. Really jealous on you, I am active on this...
[ATTACH] Constantius I, as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Treveri, AD 298-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate bust left / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius,...
No Caesar for me, at least not yet. Congratulations, exceptional coin. But being relatively new in ancients, I agree - prices are going way up....
[ATTACH] 2Pac, acting gangsta since 2nd century BC Aeolis, Aigai Æ12. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of...
How about a jester hat? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Sardeis. Antiochos I Soter 281-261 BC. Bronze Æ 13 mm., 2,62 g. Bust of Athena...
[ATTACH] Dupondius, 27 mm 12 g RIC III Antoninus Pius 1020 From Date: AD 158 To Date: AD 159 Legend: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII Type: Head...
Well, perhaps the temptation is not big enough yet. I had a similar experience back in 2015, I got two 4th century bronzes, one being a FTR. I...
[ATTACH] Titus sestertius 24 g 33 mm RIC 143 Obverse IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Type: Head of Titus, laureate, right; Portrait:...
Your first pic, which is the reverse, needs to be turned 90 degrees. [ATTACH] It is a Fel Temp Reparatio type. I cannot distinguish the legends,...
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