Whoa - that is a stunning example, OJ. Mine isn't as nice, but it is pick o' the litter as far as that lot goes. Now I need to read up on...
Caligula! I sure hope it is - I'll poke around in that direction and see if I can find anything. Thanks for the suggestion.
My Saturday night is turning out to be fairly enjoyable - just in the mail today, an undescribed batch of (mostly LRBs) from eBay. Just getting...
I appreciate the help - I am still learning the Big Sources, so I didn't notice the typo. Thanks again!
Thank you for that information, RC. So if I am understanding this right, my attribution should be: RIC 548 (var. obv bust type); BRCRE6 346 (p....
Nice Mamaeas, RC. It so happens, the sestertius version of this issue was my very first sestertius (Dec. 2016) - it took me forever to attribute...
I commiserate, FF02! I was watching that lot. But I did not bid - it went out of my price range. But I do like eBay lots like this. Lots to...
Nice Faustina I lifetime denarius, Donna. She looks particularly regal in that portrait and the drapery on Concordia is fantastic. Welcome to...
Nice coin. Mine is considerably more worn, with a banker's mark or two, but still one of my favorite Roman Republicans - I like how spirited the...
Nice big AEs. I have the denarius - same guy, different metal: [ATTACH] Roman Republic Denarius C. Maianius (153 B.C.) Rome Mint...
This "crooked text" topic is something I've been wondering about. I've seen several Byzantine anonymous folles that have crooked text, but do NOT...
Interesting thread and some great coins. I think this is my earliest Hadrian, based on the DIVI (twice - but obliterated on this poor specimen)...
My Theodosius I's came in lots and I recall how surprised at how big some of them were - I thought they'd all be the usual tiny LRBs. Here is...
I spend a lot of time looking at eBay ancients, and I'd agree Bulgaria, for some reason, is the locale for a lot of fakes. Some of them are...
I was not aware of the Masinissa-Juba connection - good stuff. Here's my Juba: [ATTACH] Mauretania Denarius Juba II (25...
This is such an interesting era, from a countermarking standpoint. It seems all this countermarking died out with the Flavians - massive issues...
Ah Saturday night. I really like this thread. Things have been a bit slow in the eBay scrounging, so I dug up some old stuff I'd never properly...
Nice one, James! Everything I know about these, I learnt from you (and half my collection of these is thanks to you). I don't want to hijack...
There is the "DV" countermark that revalued worn and imitative sestertii of Claudius to circulate at dupondii. An extra edge notch was added as...
Interesting and informative post. I do not have a crocodile, alas, but I do have two examples of the PP countermark as mentioned in the OP....
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