Best of luck to you, @hotwheelsearl, as you enter this new phase of life. I have a friend -- now retired after 25 years with the Navy -- who was a...
[IMG] TGIFF, everyone! Today we're going to talk about two separate issues of Faustina the Younger that have similar reverse types, the DIANA...
I'm so sorry that all of these health crises are happening to your loved ones, @bcuda.:( Here are coins depicting lots of healing deities!...
Aurelian Denarius. [IMG] Aurelian, AD 270-275. Roman billon denarius, 1.66 g, 15.7 mm, 11 h. Rome mint, officina 5, issue 11, early – September...
Lovely coins!! Welcome to CT's ancients forum!
Toward the end of Severus' reign and in the early part of Caracalla's stint on the throne, Julia Domna adopted a different hairstyle, perhaps...
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The oldest, well-documented and illustrated provenance I have is this one. It was formerly owned by Clarence Bement (1843-1923): [IMG] Julia...
Oh no! May the little fellow get well soon!
That's scary, but the li'l dude will do just fine. Hang in there!
Today is the 140th birth anniversary of A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh. It is celebrated worldwide as #WinniethePoohDay. So, enjoy...
That IS obviously the helmet of Venus' boy-toy, Mars, @Ryro. Here's one I've posted before, but it was 3-1/2 years ago, so I'll post it again for...
[IMG] Volusian as Augustus, AD 251-253. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 17.26 g, 27. 4 mm 10 h. Rome, AD 252. Obv: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG,...
I do use RIC and have all 10 volumes, but not the updated volumes (yet). The online resources -- particularly acsearch and wildwinds -- are full...
This one went for $700 last year. Perhaps a bit less desirable. [IMG]
[IMG] Philistis, wife of Hieron II. Greek AR 5 litrae. Syracuse 270-230 BCE, 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm. Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l., palm branch...
Cool! Here's the plate from Lindgren, if you're interested. [ATTACH]
So happy that you have recovered, @ambr0zie! That must have been some illness! I really like your new denarius; that portrait is AMAZING for so...
Torch: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 20.1 mm, 5.09 gm, 12 h. Bithynia, Nicomedia, c. AD 148-150. Obv: ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ СΕΒΑ,...
Vesta would hold the Palladium. I think it more likely that the die engraver was unskilled. Here are some earlier versions of that reverse type....
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