Nice cornucopias. I have that first one from Phyrgia, but not nearly as nice as the OP: [ATTACH] Laodikeia, Phrygia Æ 20 (c....
A very interesting discussion, and an impressive degree of research. I'd never seen that wild-hair version. I have one of these - to me it...
Nice one, RC. I have a similar one that is even "smoother" (this is not a self-compliment!). It is so smooth I couldn't really attribute it....
Just in from a small batch of eBay tetradrachms, my first Tacitus tet. I haven't attributed it yet - going by TAKITOC. I like how the...
I have a couple Faustina I's with Providentia reverses. They are both pretty horrible. The AE (RIC 1163B?) appears to be a "rare" variant,...
Here's that eagle reverse but with a Geta portrait: [ATTACH] Geta Assarion Æ 16 (198-209 A.D.) Moesia Inferior Marcianopolis Π...
Bags of coins indeed! From Wikipedia: "In the past the word 'follis' was used to describe a large bronze Roman coin introduced in about 294...
That is a really cool counting board for chucking chukrams. As Victor and RC note, Roman coins showed these coin-counters fairly regularly,...
I think I figured these out. Wrong trees were climbed. Thank you for those who helped - this put me on the right track. Below are my...
Faustina II babies! One of them Commodus, maybe? [ATTACH]
Some nice Germanicuses in this thread. How's about a Provincial? I rather like the "Julio-Claudian" portrait on this one: [ATTACH] Germanicus...
I hadn't been thinking half follis, but you may be right. The weights in this era are so "everywhere" I'm always in a muddle. Thanks for the...
Thank you for the input, catadc! I was thinking Carthage too - if only because of the "C". Byzantines are fun, but confusing.
My Byzantine countermark/counterstamp collection doubled this week with a lot from eBay. They are all Heraclius so far, SB 882 and SB 884....
Here are a pair of Faustina II sestertii with a mess of kids - she looks busy! TEMPOR FELICI (RIC 1674 - stephane and no stephane, I think):...
I'm sorry I missed those days - I started collecting in 1987, but went dormant around the turn of the century - I was on eBay then, but the...
Very interesting, RC. I have this coin - mine is pretty rough, but the obverse legend is sorta there - I could definitely see how this might be...
Trying, and failing, to identify a Roman Republican Janus/prow as this Saturday night. 30 mm in diameter, only 16.27 grams. Rather light, so...
Happy birthday, James. Personally, I'd much rather have the coin. Just getting an oil change on a Ferrari probably costs a fortune.
From the stray bits I found online - collecting forums, etc. - this seems to be the consensus. I found he was consulted in a Celator article on...
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