I really enjoy these sessions with Faustina (I and II) minutiae - figuring out the legends and hair-dos and variations are a lot of fun - and...
Terrific article - thanks for sharing it. I wouldn't be surprised if there are other Imperial busts tucked away in Italian palaces and villas...
Very nice coin and interesting and informative write up. I searched OCRE for Commodus denarii with a child and came up with two - both described...
Very informative write-up as usual, RC. It sent me to my collection, hoping for a rarity. But nope. I have the more common RIC 70 - very dark...
I recently posted a Commagene dupondius struck for Tiberius (with crossed coruncopiae) and was similarly puzzled. Why does this coin have an RIC...
I agree with gsimonel - I wouldn't clean it. I think your Myrina is right - here is a similar one I found on FORVM -...
I recently bought two lots of ancients from an eBay seller in Ontario. Shipping to the upper Midwest USA was about 2 weeks for the first batch...
That is a beautiful litho - there is nothing in color printing compares to a 19th century litho, in my opinion. I only have cigar box labels from...
Interesting discussion and great coins. I have this one that some say shows Vejovis on the obverse, but Crawford says not. It has been a while...
Thanks RC! I knew you could help me out with this. I'm going to adjust my attributions accordingly. I don't have enough know-how to make a...
I know there's been several threads discussing the problem assigning denominations to empress AEs. In a nutshell, the only way to tell the...
Nice coins from an interesting place. I have two - this penny dreadful is the best of them, I am sorry to say: [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Arados...
Interesting thread. I just got a sestertius of Severus Alexander that has damage to the portrait - it is as if somebody bashed it with a small...
This thread really got me excited about my little print collection - thank you, Sallent! A few years ago I lucked into a big batch of 17th...
I like those prints, Sallent. Over the years I've accumulated a few, back when I was collecting early printing. Josephus History of the Jews -...
Just got this new countermark I wanted to share. A small AE from Akmoneia, Phrygia issued for Nero by a husband and wife Archon team, strangely...
Nice coins! I only have two London mint ancients, here is Constantine II: [ATTACH] Constantine II Æ 18 (322-323 A.D.) London mint...
Very nice indeed! I wonder if it is one of these? I think yours will be a lot nicer than mine once you clean it up. [ATTACH] Lucilla Æ...
I have this plaque of Actaeon being attacked by his own dogs. It brings me comfort when I'm having a bad day. It came from the Salvation Army...
I seem to recall there were some theories that some of these eastern silver coins for Trajan were struck in Rome for his military campaigns? Then...
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