I always have FedEx send my packages to the local Walgreens drug store to be held for me until I can go there and sign for it. This allows me to...
Overachieving in the area of fecundity was Faustina II. With twelve children in eleven pregnancies, she out-did any other empress before or since...
I found this weird dupondius in my change. It has Fecunditas holding a baby on it. I can't find it in RIC, Cohen, BMCRE or Sear. [IMG]
[MEDIA] Yes. ON FIRE. For real! Good morning, everybody! Do I have a tale to tell you! This is a coin I never thought I'd hold in my hand....
Coin-gratulations, @Nathan F! A rarity that is well-preserved! This is my less-rare Alexandrian of Livia, issued under Augustus. [IMG] Livia,...
My only Quintillus is this Rome mint SECVRIT AVG: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have several factors when determining personal value. A big one is whether the item fits into one of my many subcollections, such as my Antonine...
[IMG] Eudoxia, AD 395-404. Roman billon Æ 4 reduced centenionalis, 1.94 g, 14.9 mm. Cyzicus, AD 402-404. Obv: AEL EVDOXIA AVG, diademed and draped...
This one adds up to 26. [IMG] Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h. Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?);...
Wonderful, @David Atherton! I've always wanted a snake cowboy! I have only one big Alexandrian bronze related to Agathodaemon, but you'll have to...
Another fantastic multi-media, educational and entertaining extravaganza, @Ryro! Then there's poor old Galerius, whose gruesome death is...
Everybody loves Philadelphia! That's where the LOVE sculpture is!! [IMG] It's the home of the cheesesteak, for cryin' out loud!! [IMG] People...
Not sure what countermark is on this one. [IMG] Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72 AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h Syria,...
[IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon tetradrachm, 8.70 g, 23 mm. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 266/7.Obv: AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄB, laureate and...
That's a marvelous tetradrachm in any case. The Dattari provenance is the icing on the cake!
This is @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix right now: [IMG]
I have these two. [IMG] Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman Æ diobol, 7.41 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h. Egypt, Alexandria, 6th series, AD 10-11....
A lovely coin of an uncommon empress.
This one tastes like mint... [ATTACH] ... and this one like chocolate. [ATTACH]
Music has its 3 Bs of greatness: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Roman history has its 3 Cs of badness: Caligula, Commodus, and Caracalla! (4, if...
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