Before Christmas I have also added a decent Probus coin. I had one, from the days ancient coins were just a curiosity for me, and it was in a very...
Is this beautiful? no. Is it still a witness of history? yep. [ATTACH]
Probably this year I will buy less coins, as I was in a buying rush since October, when I started this hobby in a serious way. I was arranging my...
The ruler is Septimius Severus. On post #5 you attached a different reverse (I see you corrected this). I don't think Didius Julianus issued coins...
The reverse on post #5 is different from one in #7.
It looks very much like a Septimius Severus. The weight could suggest a quinarius, but you would need to post better pics, especially for the...
I just love this kind of academic descriptions, show some credit to the seller, he spent about 40 second composing this gem. Before Christmas I...
[ATTACH] 11.13 g 26.2 mm Constantius I, as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Treveri, AD 298-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate bust left / GENIO POPVLI...
[ATTACH] https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2245 Mysia, Kyzikcs, Augustus. Obverse design bare head of Augustus, r. Reverse inscription ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ...
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have this Septimius Severus denarius (starting to like a lot his portraits style) [ATTACH] Obv L SEPT SEV AVG IMP...
Excellent coin, @Curtisimo! I'm envious. I have to admit I never thought they depicted a writer on a coin and I found this very cool. Had I seen...
[ATTACH] Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus 88 BC. Rome Quinarius AR http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-345.2 Laureate head of Jupiter r. Victory...
[ATTACH] Postumus (260-269 A.D.) Billon Antoninianus Colonia Agrippina (Cologne, Germany) mint, (ca. 260-61 A.D.) Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG,...
[ATTACH] Listed as Macedon. Thessalonica circa 187-131 BC by the auction house Not sure about the correct attribution as this is 20 mm., 5,19 g....
That would be a shame, if she sold them. Especially since it was a present. I saw there are two types of non collectors - the ones that have no...
I also suspect my Tetricus is a barbarous imitation [ATTACH] 1.38 g 13.9 mm Obverse legend starts with IMP C TE.... and the reverse legend...
Good selection! I like the first 3 the most, especially the Tarentum Nomos. I don't have any coins with dolphins and this needs to change. I also...
I stopped searching for them in gem condition because it seems harder than Carol I's coinage. I am happy with them in VF-XF. There are 4 communist...
What surprised me (and not in a pleasant way) is the ignorance of most people, even modern coin collectors, when it comes to ancients. I have been...
Although the design of Kingdom era coins was, in my opinion, superior to Republic coins, here is an early Republic one that doesn't look bad...
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