Terrific write-up and coin. This drachm of Menander is one of my first ancients, bought back in 1990. This one differs from the OP, with...
Great thread, with spectacular coins. How about a whole bunch of 19th century coin-art prose? "...the Mercury of Aenus is a very...
Lovely coin, Donna. I have one of those - back before the Internet when I started squandering my budget on low-grade stuff: [ATTACH]
My coin from Lithuania came in: shipping to USA (Midwest): January 6, 2021 to Feb. 2, 2021. Things went smoothly, but once again the...
Reviving this useful thread because I need a little help with a recent purchase. I think it is an as of Lucilla, RIC 1770. However, Faustina...
Nice coins and write-up. One of my favorite emperors to collect - I'd like to get one of those lionskin bust types, but they tend to be out of my...
One of my favorite ancient to collect - they are abundant and can be had cheap - $5 is a great deal. While researching one of these recently, I...
When is a test cut a damnatio memoriae? Here is Julia Mamaea, who was officially "damned" after her assassination with son Severus Alexander....
I really like those Justin II & Sophia folles - nice and big and often reasonably priced. Here is one from Contantinople (green) and Nicomedia...
Great coins in this thread - I really like the VOT types. Since I'm a bit insomniac tonight, I thought I'd troll through my collection and see...
Mine are "budget" examples, the Sabine Women with some banker's marks: [ATTACH] Roman Republic Denarius L Titurius L.f. Sabinus (89 B.C.) Rome...
Constantius Chlorus as Caesar: [ATTACH] Constantius I Chlorus as Caes. (struck by Maximian) Follis (301 A.D.) Aquileia Mint CONSTANTIVS NOB...
Indeed, a very interesting error - I was familiar with Isis issues of Claudius, but I didn't know there was a version with Serapis. Here is my...
Nice batch of Judaea bronzes at a good price. As for the Alexander Jannaeus - a recent thread linked below:...
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles here. Years ago I worked (for many years) as a "sales coordinator" at a manufacturing company, and problems...
Trajan SC Antioch with a Hadrian countermark: [ATTACH] Trajan/Hadrian Æ 27 (c. 102-114 A.D. / cm see note) Syria, Seleucis & Pieria Antiochia ad...
Here's a chopped-down Anonymous Follis, made into a tetarteron, with notes from CTer BenSi (thank you, BenSi!). Note the squared-off cuts on the...
Love those countermarks, ff - and this is a particularly nice one. I have Byzantine countermarks of varying degrees of ugly. Here is one for...
Donna, I really enjoy your posts and am glad you are so active. Nice collection too. Plautilla has evaded my bottom-feeding grasp, but I...
Nice coin... As for the slab, however, I am not sure how great ICG was at grading. As Bing and David suggest, that Domitian seems Fine or so to...
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