A couple of days ago I shared a Titus as Caesar VICTORIA NAVALIS As struck under Vespasian....
Sometimes one acquires a coin whose meaning is very elusive and prompts more questions than answers. IMHO, this is just such a coin. [ATTACH]...
... or as close as realistically possible. Today I visited the Toledo Museum of Art and finally saw their famous marble bust of the emperor...
My latest addition is not a rare coin ... however, it is from the common coins you get a good sense of the cares and concerns of the emperor and...
Every once in a while a coin comes along that really excites me ... this is one such coin! The scene of the living emperor in a quadriga drawn by...
2019 has been a great year for me collecting-wise - and this most recent acquisition is a fantastic reason why it has been. When a coin surfaces...
It has been nearly 3 months since I last visited my safe deposit box ... admittedly, an unusually long amount of time between visits! I could put...
In the recent Leu Web Auction I was very pleased to have landed a fairly rare sestertius struck for Vespasian in 71. Researching the meaning of...
Sometimes in the summer I come down with the rare flu bug Titus-itus. One of its main symptoms is an overwhelming desire to purchase coins of...
Sorry, it's not the Hollywood blockbuster and there is no iconic beach scene. Instead, I wish to present a decently rare Titus As that just may...
Sorry, but yes it's another Domitian. I sort of forgotten about this coin and it sat on the back burner for a few weeks. It deserves better...
I was quite happy when this Vespasian as struck at Lyon arrived in the mail last week. [ATTACH]Vespasian Æ As, 9.42g Lyon mint, 77-78 AD RIC...
It's not often one comes across an unpublished denarius of Titus as Augustus. His coinage has been fully catalogued and is fairly neat and tidy...
My latest acquisition has me stumped. The reverse depicts a military ceremony held by Domitian, perhaps post triumph, for which I have little...
Sometimes a coin calls to you and it is futile to resist. Although at the time I was not looking for a Domitian as Caesar sestertius, when I saw...
A few weeks ago I purchased a rare provenanced Vespasian sestertius. It was a personal 'dream coin' of mine....
I received this fetching Titus Caesar as last week along with the Vespasian dupondius I have already posted. It's another Ex Reusing Collection...
I was attracted to this piece because of the portrait. The engravers at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) were no slouches when it came to numismatic...
For many years this dynastic sestertius has been a personal 'dream' or 'grail' coin of mine. Thanks to @Jay GT4 for alerting me to the listing!...
A week or so ago I shared this as of Vespasian with the 'Altar' reverse from Lyon. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/vespasians-providence.339510/...
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