@Roman Collector Boy, do I feel silly! Such a basic mistake. Thank-you.
I think the correct attribution of this coin is Philip I, AD 245, Denarius, AR23 mm., 4.0 gm. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Radiate, draped,...
@Roman Collector You have taken me back (over 50 years) to the old 'High School' Latin classes with Mrs Reinheimer out front. "Repeat after me."...
I love this 'series' and this post for showcasing them. (Thank you Zumbly.) I don't have as many as I'd like, but I do have a:- Deer [ATTACH] a...
Some beauties there. I like Nero because of the 'playing the fiddle while Rome burned' thing. I always wondered if the 'Fiddle' was a musical...
Forgive me if this is already covered here and I missed it, but another 'tool' I use for identifying possible 'fakes' is Size and Weight.
I am sorry - I forgot to mention - to those that didn't realize it, if you click on the (OP) photo of the Colosseum, it will enlarge considerably.
Another present day view of the Colosseum (from a different angle). [ATTACH]
@dadams Thank-you very much. I will look into it further.
For all of you (lucky) people that have had the pleasure of seeing the 'Roman' architecture in person, (which I have not), my daughter has just...
@Kentucky I saw that, and it didn't help to put my mind at ease, at all. (Those coins look 'sus', to me too.)
I don't have better photos, only the seller's ones, that is why I put the links to his listings.
I can't find this seller on my "Fake Sellers" lists, but do the Roman coins being sold by this ebay seller look 'suspicious' to anyone else, or is...
I recently purchased a coin as "Byzantine Bronze Coin - PALAIOLOGOS c. 1100 AD" My research tells me that if the 'PALAIOLOGOS' (family) reference...
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Absolutely correct, Bob. Thank-you. The braids (corn rows) in the hair of the Kolophon coins made me uneasy with the seller's description, but you...
Is this coin Ionia, Kolophon ? (Late 6th Cent. 550-525 B.C. ?) What denomination would it be? Described as a 'Hemidrachm' but no size/weight...
I recently picked up a nice Antoninianus of the 'usurper' Vabalathus. Vabalathus and Aurelian. 271/272 AD. Antoninianus. AE22.8mm., 3.41gm. Obv:...
This old Roger I coin seems pretty plentiful. (Mine.) [ATTACH]
My first thought Elagabalus.
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