Thank you. I'll make a note of the RIC # for the denarius.
Nice coins! I really don't have very many Faustina coins, junior or senior. Here's a Faustina Junior sestertius that I previously posted. Even...
I just received two coins, a denarius of Sabina, and an Alexandrian tetradrachm of Hadrian and Sabina. Both coins are in "generic" NGC slabs with...
Yes, my mistake. I missed the pointed crown on Pius's head.
Thanks That's very interesting information. So was the silver coinage in the later years plated with higher grade silver or silver washed to...
I really like your sestertius - just a wonderful coin. The green deposits are probably malachite. Here is the formula and definition from...
The debasement continued, of course. Here's an antoninianus of Herennia Etruscilla, 250 AD. At 80% silver content, when first issued by...
Perhaps it might, but the whole process of oxidation is fickle and subject to conditions such as humidity and the environment (such as soil...
Your third coin has a nice even green/brown patina.
It likely is. Bronze is comprised primarily of copper, with a small amount of tin. Malachite is an oxide of copper, as is azurite and cuprite....
I did a reshoot of the Faustina I Ceres as, with somewhat better results. I still need to work on lighting, especially with dark, rough...
That's a match with my as, at least for the obverse, with the legend reading DIVAFAV STINA. The reverse of your coin depicts Pietas, while my...
Since I started this thread in September, another coin arrived from Spain. This is a drachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator, Alexandria, 222-205 BC,...
Thank you, and thanks for the information. I am very sorry about the bad quality of the Faustina I as with Ceres photo. The camera is picking up...
Thanks. This is the first early Faustina II coin that I have ever owned. I must say that's a very coy depiction of Pudicitia. I've seen the...
Thank you. I don't really focus on Roman coinage, resulting in a rather disjointed collection, eclectic I guess some would call.
A few weeks ago I came across this scarce Pudicitia SC sestertius of Faustina Junior. This is the variety with Pudicitia seated, facing left....
A pretty common coin, but here's a lovely Julia Mamaea sestertius, AD 222-23, 19.49 grams, Roma E-Sale 53, lot 830. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA,...
The wear is even, the color nice and I don't see any signs of tooling - a very nice example!
It is a nice coin with some merits, and it will re-tone darker over time, just let nature do her work. Storing the coin in a paper envelope would...
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