She looks like she'd be happier staying down in Hades with Pluto.
I think it probably is -- she's searching for her daughter -- but I don't have one! I wish I did.
No Caracalla Caesars yet; only these two Getas as Caesar -- a PRINC IVVENTVTIS and a SECVRIT IMPERII, from AD 200 and 202, respectively. [ATTACH]...
I'm so very happy to hear your good news, @Severus Alexander! My fervent wish is that things continue to get better, and the doctors figure out...
And here's the example from MER-RIC of what seems to be the only other Roman Imperial coin depicting Ceres (on the right) and Proserpina (on the...
Given that I don't have any other coins to illustrate the earlier parts of the Ceres-Pluto-Proserpina story, here instead are some illustrations...
I could just be deceiving myself -- I'm sure there are collectors who would turn up their noses at my coin -- but I happen to agree with you. It's...
Nice examples! I don't know if my coin is actually cooler than later Roman gold, but I'm glad I made the choices I did, for a cost that wasn't...
These are both truly beautiful coins!
@Roman Collector and @Sulla80, I hope @curtislclay sees this thread and is able to comment with his own opinion. But if Lucilla was, in fact, born...
Thanks, @IdesOfMarch01. I think you're definitely correct. So my coin appears to be both an obverse die match with the Münzkabinett Berlin example...
Beautiful coin! I wonder why it is that Persephone/Proserpina appears on quite a few Greek coins, several Roman Republican coins, and also some...
Thanks! So, @Roman Collector, you're the expert on Faustina II, etc. What do you think? Do you buy the theory that the reverse may have been...
Wow, thank you. That's a very nice thing to say.
OK, here's the dealer's video, I hope! video antoninus pius aureus by DonnaML posted Feb 5, 2022 at 4:59 PM
I ended up deciding to use all that money I saved by getting a refund -- plus a little bit more, albeit not as much more as one may think, because...
The Adventvs Avg type, showing Hadrian's return to Rome from his travels, greeted by by Roma: [ATTACH] Next, another Hadrian Travel Series...
12 hour rule: Next, Apollo with musical instrument, as on this coin: Gordian III AR Antoninianus, 242-243 AD [TRP V], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate,...
Welcome to the world of ancient coins! It can definitely be addictive: 4 1/2 years ago, I owned less than a dozen ancient coins. The number now is...
Fine; I have no problem with that. But then the USPS shouldn't keep up the pretense that they're doing something else and routinely claim, in...
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