Wow. Probably the best example of one of these I've seen!
A very nice design, I think. Maybe it is rated as common, but I don't remember seeing one other than yours, at least not recently.
Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle...
That's abominable behavior on the part of Savoca. It takes some chutzpah to refuse to accept that a coin is a fake, in the face of multiple...
I was going to say Phinally, but decided it would be too cutesy. One or two of you may remember that I used to have an Antoninus Pius tetradrachm...
@Ryro, according to Crawford I at p. 411, the moneyer "is presumably a younger brother of M. Crepereius, Tr. Mil. [Military Tribune] 69 [BCE], and...
I would love one of these, @Ryro. I'm very envious! I'll post my own Neptunes, etc. tomorrow.
What an unpleasant response. I am pretty sure, from what others here have said, that a buyer has a right to cancel a transaction for any reason...
I draw a firm line at Nazi and Holocaust "memorabilia" (unless the latter is something that can be returned to a victim's family) as well as other...
A beautiful example. I bid at Cayon as well -- they had a large number of nice Roman Republican coins -- and actually succeeded at one bid,...
I admit that I had never, ever heard of the "binio" before this thread, or knew that there was such a thing as a double aureus. See the discussion...
[ATTACH] Next, another of the Five Emperors of AD 193 (but not Septimius Severus).
I have no coins expressly portraying Mars Victor, but plenty of Mars in general: Chubby Mars: Roman Republic, Q. Thermus M.f., AR Denarius 103...
An important mother and daughter pair, whether one sees it as only Ceres and Proserpina, or also as Faustina II and Lucilla: [ATTACH]
Not actually Janus, but the Janiform heads of the Dioscuri: Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head...
A beautiful Art Deco design.
But in the case of the OP coin, the letters are incomplete on both sides, including on what you posit to be the hammer side (the reverse). Also,...
I'm sure I learned to look for this kind of thing from somebody here. Unfortunately, I can't remember who it was so I can give them proper credit.
The other two French gold coins I ordered arrived today. So that makes three in total. Given that I've been primarily a collector of ancient coins...
OK. I still don't get what was so hilarious about him. Whereas I do get why "Fecunditas" was appropriate for Faustina II!
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