Beautiful cistophorus!
Wow, that does sound excessive. The planchets were typically heated I believe, so there shouldn't have been a need for that much striking force.
:jawdrop: Wow! An absolutely stunning collection! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!
Philip I?
I see what you are saying but I don't find it particularly convincing. Considering how rarely bridges do appear on coinage, it would seem that it...
I don’t know who comes to your mind when you think of the quintessential Roman military Emperor, but for me, I think of this guy: [IMG] (Bust of...
Yes, an important Roman civil war that had nothing whatever to do with the classical Greek history and culture you were talking about. The EID...
@GinoLR It's a Roman coin, not a Greek one. The coin itself and the circumstances of its minting have nothing whatever to do with the Greek...
Beautiful!
Yeah, I like the obverse more on No. 2 but the donkey head on No. 3 is pretty appealing!
Cool! I have a very similar type: [ATTACH] Also funny you should start a topic like this because I have just recently purchased one of the...
Sad. I'm not usually a fan of the repatriation game, but obviously in cases of clear looting/smuggling it is to be expected.
@sand and @Cherd Here is a bit more history behind the coin, from this online CoinWeek article: Hadrian “Medallic” Sestertius 135 CE Struck at...
That's a tough question to answer. Roman coins, unlike the earlier Greek coins, tended to be focused more on Imperial messaging and propaganda and...
Lovely!
Well done! They are all fantastic specimens.
Yeah I had to pause a time or two because the drill press was getting too hot. :nailbiting: I thought about doing different sized holes in each...
I do actually have a couple coins encapsulated, but only ones I'm quarantining for possible bronze disease. Most of the holes are too small...
Thanks! I did try to see what woods might be best/safer for coins but there wasn't a whole lot of information out there. Mahogany is always given...
Thanks everyone! My dad is what you might call a hobbyist woodworker and we enjoyed doing little woodworking projects growing up. He has all the...
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