Very interesting coins, @Marsyas Mike, as always. You have a knack for tracking down unappreciated rarities and oddities. You have several I do...
"Nothing fancy" is okay for the specialist collector, @David Atherton, whose goal is completeness, not a slab marked "AU 5/5/5." And having a coin...
[IMG] Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Roman AR antoninianus, 4.49 g, 23 mm, 5 h. Rome, fourth officina, AD 248. Obv: OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and...
From the BBC: An Anglo-Saxon gold coin discovered in a field by a metal detectorist is expected to be sold for up to £10,000. Mark Pallett, 55,...
[IMG] Because every Friday is Faustina Friday! Martin Beckmann's Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces, has greatly...
I have a couple of high-grade sister coins from the Siscia mint if anyone wants them. I'll give you a discount, too: $1300 each or $2400 for the...
Here's an IMPERIAL Roman brockage: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman Æ dupondius, 13.10 g, 24.8 mm, 12 h. Rome, c. AD 161-165. Obv: FAVSTINA...
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Nice job with the viticulture! Here's the only coin I have with grapes as a major design element. [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman...
Nice one, @David Atherton! I like quadrantes, though I don't have a whole lot of them. I have only one of Minerva. Not a spectacular example but,...
Here's a Sacra Moneta. I wish the reverse legend were completely on the flan, but I like the coin anyway. [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-305. Roman...
[ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 26.5 mm, 10.12 g, 1 h. Thrace, Odessos. Obv: AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC, laureate...
Who is this rhino named Liz and why is she on so many coins? ;)
Oh no! I too am waiting on a Fed Ex package from Lvcernae from mid December stuck at Charles De Gaulle. Keep us up to date!
You've probably seen this one. [IMG] And if you're like me, you've probably said to yourself ... [IMG] "I see you've never seen a coin of...
[IMG] Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33 Roman AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD Obv:...
Sixty-two characters, if you count the denomination, E, in the field: [ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina, AD 241-244. Roman...
Claudius II himself says ... [IMG] Here's a $3.32 group lot special. [ATTACH]
Republican elephant: [IMG] C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, 125 BC. Roman AR denarius, 3.89 g, 18.4 mm, 1 h. Rome, 125 BC. Obv: Head of Roma,...
The quadriga of lions design is so cool ... [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h. Rome, 21st emission, AD 205....
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