Congratulations, @Restitutor! I'm sorry you didn't win the Faustina I. I didn't outbid you; I already have a specimen of that one! [ATTACH]
[IMG] Pontus, Amisos, c. 85-65 BC? Greek Æ 19.6 mm, 8.39 g, 12 h. Obv: Aegis, with Gorgon's head at center. Rev: Nike advancing right, carrying...
Bronze disease is a toothpaste green color.
Lovely examples! The bronze is particularly attractive.
Yes, it is the type 7 hairstyle!
My Didia Clara isn't exactly AU 5/5/5 but it does have smoothly patinated surfaces: [ATTACH]
Here's a generic "European-American" for you: [ATTACH]
You know what this post needs, @Ryro? MORE HENDRIX! [MEDIA]
My only Tranquillina depicted without Gordian III features Marsyas on its reverse. @Alegandron has one that was struck with the same obverse die...
[IMG] Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 14.04 gm, 28.3 mm. Rome, AD 250-251. Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed...
I dig nymphs! [IMG] Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm. Thrace, Augusta Traiana, AD 161-169. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ...
How cruel you are, @Ryro, to limit my vote to only one! That's like forcing someone to choose between Betty and Veronica ... [IMG] Or Ginger and...
I love a dark emerald patina! [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.67 g, 31.1 mm, 7 h. Rome, mid 152- autumn 154. Obv:...
I read IMP ... S VESP AVG P M TR P ...
Sure!
Here are denarii of the three Flavian emperors. Vespasian: [ATTACH] Titus: [ATTACH] Domitian: [ATTACH]
Update on mine. Reassuring news, thankfully. It was delayed at Roissy Charles De Gaulle for FOUR DAYS awaiting "clearance" and then finally...
Thanks for your kind words and for sharing a photo of your coin. You might be interested in this post from three years ago, which discusses how an...
Thanks for your contribution to my post, @DonnaML! Your coin is an example of a very interesting issue. It comes in two different obverse...
Very nice, @Andres2! As I noted to @Marsyas Mike, above, the one where the reverse deity holds a torch in each hand might not depict Ceres...
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