Very nice! Great minds think alike, obviously. And it's another celebration of victory over those pesky Sarmatians, too. Interesting, though, how...
Wonderful detail, especially on the reverse. One can see the tetrarchs' clothing incredibly well. It appears to me that they're wearing military...
Love the story. And I'm impressed that your intended audience knows what orthography means!
There seems to be a consensus, without dissent. I will leave the coin alone! I took my own photo of the obverse today, by a window, and cropped...
Here's a Constantine II Caesar small bust PROVIDENTIAE CAESS from Heraclea, ca. 317 AD: Constantine II Caesar (son of Constantine I), Æ reduced...
So is this one!
That's beautiful!
You're right, I have no idea what I would use. I don't see any more spots in the 2021 photo than in the 2016 photo, by the way, so if it is toning...
I take it that nobody thinks I should try to clean the black stains/spots on the obverse? I certainly wouldn't want to damage the coin in any way.
A wonderful post! Of course, Livia was simultaneously Julia the Elder's stepmother as Augustus's wife, and her mother-in-law as the mother of...
I've wanted an Argenteus depicting the four tetrarchs sacrificing for a long time, and finally decided to buy one after losing out badly on the...
Fascinating coin. Julius & Augustus look sort of like a couple of dancing chorus girls to me!
I just noticed a minor typo in your description: since the coin is Year 3, then by definition it must be Emmett 218.3 rather than 218.1. Also,...
It's difficult to tell exactly which AMNG number is the right one for the Elagabalus/Julia Maesa I bought, but I'm pretty sure it's 944 -- i.e.,...
Plus I couldn't resist adding this one. I don't have it yet, but I will post a photo already since the thread is active now, and it's a U.S....
Since we've expanded into jugate portraits, here are a few: Roman Republic, C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba, AR Serrate Denarius, 106 BCE, Rome Mint....
I would not have realized that that one is fake.
I love confronted bust Provincial coins, but only have three of them. One is this Pentassarion from Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior (now Devnya,...
I also bought a coin from Marc Breitsprecher a few days ago. Hopefully I'll be posting it soon. It looks like he has a lot of clients among us!
Very nice!
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