A wall mosaic:- [IMG] Altar of the Temple to Vespasian:- [IMG]
Pompeii was fascinating but simply too big to take it all in during a short visit. I would think you would need several days and my family put if...
Mount Vesuvius was almost always visible from Sorrento apart from during a large thunderstorm that wandered through. Here is one taken across the...
This is my first ever selfie and quite possibly my last as I am not very adept at them. So why on earth show a selfie here? Well I have just come...
Nowhere near as rare as Doug's marvellous left facing bust but here is a COS I of the same reverse type with the full FORTVNAE REDVCI. [IMG]
In my random wanderings through the world of ancients I regularly get distracted by things I don't actively collect. The coins of Antoninus Pius...
I bought myself a coin for my birthday this year. My first Pescennius Niger denarius. I have wanted one for years but never pulled the trigger....
The following coin has the remnants of the engravers alignment circle, evidence of the die having been filed smooth and details of the engravers...
Ok. A coin I am fairly confident I haven't posted here before.... Julius Caesar, denarius Obv:- Diademed head of Venus right Rev:- CAESAR,...
Many happy returns Steve. I am still waiting for my coin birthday present to wing it's way across the big pond.....
I don't think those two holes are centering marks. They must have been added post production to allow mounting on a brooch perhaps.
Here are another couple of reverse types for Chlorus at Lugdunum. [IMG] [IMG]
I have just added another Probus EQVITI coded coin. Probus Obv:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and...
I saw this one and couldn't walk past it. I just found the amount of detail very appealing. Constantius Gallus - AE3 Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN...
Take two reverse dies. Both with Sol and two captives being used at the same time, one with SOLI INVICTO and the other with ORIENS AVG. The...
So the reverse legend reads SOLI INS AVG but it isn't caused by an error by the engraver. How?
There is something odd about the reverse legend but can it be explained. It is a genuine product of the mint at Ticinum with PXXT in exe.
So who can tell me what makes the following coin interesting? [IMG]
My only TELLVS STABIL was the following:- Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate...
There are a few other sub-varieties that are REALLY scarce, rare or currently unique that I saw noted by Curtis Clay. Septimius, Drum type but...
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