[IMG] Philip I and Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Roman Provincial Æ Pentassarion; 12.50 g, 26.1 mm, 7 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate...
I only have one Janus coin in my numophylacium :eek: [IMG] Anonymous, Second Punic War, 218-202 BC. Roman Republican Æ as, 27.8 g, 31.1 mm, 1 h....
I'm sorry for the loss of your father, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix. May your memories of him warm your heart forever. In his memory, I post these...
Gorgeous all of them! You know how to pick a sestertius, @octavius! I love the Caracalla sestertius with the Isis and croc! What a reverse type!
A fantastic year for your collection, @Curtisimo! All of these coins are museum quality, to be sure, but I'm partial to Roman coins and thus my...
Fun idea for a thread and very nice coins, @lordmarcovan! The capricorn was the emblem of the city of Parium in Mysia, so many of the coins from...
Cool! I like countermarks, too, but I'm too busy accumulating Faustina coins that I haven't purchased one in a while. Gotta have a bucranium:...
Update!!! I was able to acquire this lifetime sestertius of the empress with the nominative case obverse inscription. [ATTACH] Faustina II, AD...
Here are some draped types: Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH (Auction 86), 12.5.2010, lot 861 Roma Numismatics Limited (E-Sale 52), 10.1.2019, lot...
Absolutely a die match and it's bare-headed, not laureate. It was part of the third emission of AD 162 (MIR, p. 98). The attribution comes down...
Well, the original Greek of the text says "two lepta." Here's Mark 12:42: καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης. I...
Anyone remember this one? [MEDIA] And the last coin I received in 2021 -- came in yesterday's mail. It doesn't look like much, but I have my...
Early Severan denarii seem to suffer from dumpy flans. This would be a fantastic coin with complete legends if the flan were thinner and broader....
Wow! What an eclectic group, @arnoldoe! You had a great year! I'm with @zumbly -- my favorites are the barbarous Commodus and the Philip II tet!
Really cool coins, @SeptimusT! You had a great year! My favorites are the Isis-Tyche of Faustina with the misengraved obverse legend (more about...
Well, the hottest mom on Roman coins IS another empress, so I'll keep posting! [ATTACH] Twelve children in 11 pregnancies.* Next: Baby on coin....
We're on what -- broken but beautiful? This coin may not be beautiful in the typical sense, but it's beautiful to me because of its rarity....
Here is Parisian model Camille Hurel: [IMG]
Gordy!!!! I have lots of Gordian III coins, but I'll just show this sestertius. [IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Æ sestertius, 24.30 gm,...
You had a very productive year of collecting, @David Atherton! Some exceptional coins there. My very favorite is the quadrans with Juli Titi; it's...
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