A holey Vespasian as somebody made a "hope" pendant out of: [ATTACH] Vespasian Æ As (75 or 76A.D.) Rome Mint IMP CAES VESPAS AVG COS [VI or...
Nice one Bing. I'd gladly add that to my collection. Holes are not a problem, really - if nothing else, they tend to make things affordable....
Thank you RC! If I am reading this correctly, your RIC excerpt indeed shows RIC 777c with bare head draped, a recognized variation. When I was...
Sometimes I just stare at a coin until I thoroughly confuse myself. So here it is, a budget sestertius of Hadrian, very worn, with a smooth...
Nice first half of the year there, RC. I like your "expanding horizons" approach to collecting - new areas, new knowledge. As for that...
Well, that Apollo Smintheus of RC's rang a bell - mine is a bit earlier: [ATTACH] Caracalla Æ 23 Alexandria, Troas (c. 214-215 A.D.)...
Nice one, Donna. I have an Alexandria Troas from about the same era featuring Tyche, but with a different reverse, Marsyas: [ATTACH]...
My Tituses are on the budget side of things - in silver, a throne and a Venus Callipyge (variation): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ghastly condition, but a...
Nice write-up, Carl. This "spitty" sestertius is a Bar Kochba issue, according to RIC: "The main denarius and aes types with VICTORIA AVG slogan...
Interesting conundrum, RC. I have one like that 180-degree rotation. It's very green, but I think it is an as (9.28 grams): [ATTACH] Faustina...
Very informative article, jamesicus. And wonderful coins. I am going to keep this in my permanent reference file. A while back I lucked into a...
Lovely 2nd sestertius, Donna. Keep 'em coming. I got my first "restitution" sestertius recently, but it is one of Hadrian's, for Africa. At...
This one just came in the mail yesterday, part of an unattributed eBay lot. Well, it's not pretty, but I didn't see one in this thread, so this...
My attribution on the Hadrian needed some revising, because I found out something interesting that a lot of you probably already knew...did you...
This just in today's mail, from a lot of Roman Imperial AEs, a problematical Augusta Traiana of, I think, Marcus Aurelius with the city gate and...
An interesting thread. Well, I buy almost all my ancients on eBay. And I almost never buy from the good sellers listed in this thread. But I...
Congratulations, Donna - once I bought a sestertius for the first time, I became rather obsessed. Lots and lots of junky ones, but I can't seem...
I just got my first Alexius III last month - not as nice as BenSi's, but it is my only one. It came in a Littleton flip, which is what I based my...
$12!! That's a heckuva deal - isn't that pretty close to melt? I'm jealous.
You are wonderful! Thank you so much - I wasn't even in the ballpark on this one. Here is a nice one from a CNG auction that looks a lot like...
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