I wonder what Crassus thought when he tasted that molten gold being poured down his gullet .
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Fabulous coins! Welcome and hope to see more. Several more of my Claudius'...
Nice catch! My prince of youth sestertius of Maximus. [ATTACH]
denarius of Titus with a "kid" on reverse. next, a human kid. [ATTACH]
Sestertius of Vespasian with reverse Mars advancing to the right. next Mars again... [ATTACH]
Congratulations! I'm happy for you and glad a member of CT won that gem. We all await your thread and posting.
Thank you , and yes it is the coin from CNG auction 115. I fell in love with the orange patina, and it does look just like the photo.
Ar. denarius of Lollius Palicanus, Roman Republic, c. 45 BC. with Rostra reverse. [ATTACH]
sestertius of Marcus Aurelius with Mars reverse. [ATTACH] sestertius of Alexander Severus with Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger) reverse. [ATTACH]...
Terrific write up of not just Tiberius, but the early empire genealogy. Reminded me of Robert Graves. Tiberius Claudius Nero... [ATTACH]...
Sorry, way too slow... den. of Augustus with Diana on reverse... next, another Diana. [ATTACH]
Quadrans RR C. 270 BCE. obv head of Herakles. next, a sextans [ATTACH]
Claudius denarius with Praetorian camp reverse. next... Claudius bronze. [ATTACH]
While not rare at all, it is a recent acquisition. I fell for the portrait. [ATTACH] Vespasian AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.98 g.) Rome...
Actually, what we are able to see is only the light which emanates from the galaxy at a particular point in time. If a galaxy is one billion light...
Mind boggling! But if we were to see the same galaxies through space at different periods of time, wouldn't we be seeing them on a continuum , and...
Fascinating write up. here are two "orbiting" black holes of mine - father and son... Dupondius of Vespasian with satellite black hole sestertius...
Nice post to celebrate Alexander's birthday. here are two denarii and three of his sestertii... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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