All nice coins @rg3. Hard to pick just one as a favorite. Your honorable mention Larissa is terrific. I have one but no where near as nice:...
Without a doubt in my mind the Athens Owl is the best of the bunch. You deserve it!
[ATTACH] L CALPURNIUS PISO CAESONINUS & Q SERVILIUS CAEPIO ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CALPURNIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of Saturn facing right,...
Yes, it extended throughout all of Roman history.
There are many Gens as you can see from the link I sent. But it would be an interesting collection to have a representative coin from each.
That may prove somewhat difficult since many were adopted into the previous Imperial family. However, in ancient Rome, a gens, plural gentes, was...
I also have an example from Trier with the Sarmatia Devicta reverse. [ATTACH] CONSTANTINE I AE Follis OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head...
[ATTACH] JOVIAN AE3 OBVERSE: DN IOVIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across...
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Waking each morning not dead!!!
Forget the coin for a moment. Congratulations!!!! Summa Cum Lauda!!! And debt free!!! With an Aerospace Engineering degree!!! Now that's...
I doubt they will drop much more. Yours is a very nice example. Full crest, earring, nice detailed owl. I don't think one could expect more...
I need to get one as well and yours is perfect. My address is..........
Some real eye candy @octavius. The Nero and Albinus are my favorites. The detail on the reverse of Albinus is fantastic.
[ATTACH] LOWER DANUBE CELTS AR Drachm OBVERSE: Stylized head of Herakles with wild hair, right REVERSE: Stylized Zeus seated left holding an...
Ditto
Not in my lifetime! Even if we produce no modern coins, all the coinage of the past will still be collectible.
I suppose it's good that our members called this guy out, but I have to admit I was more than a little embarrassed for him. It seemed to me that...
I do not collect in this era of coinage, but your coins may make me reconsider. Some very nice examples from British historical figures.
Use as a button would be my guess as well.
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