Recently, Father's Day to be exact, I boasted about my Father's Day gifts, and in a rare moment, I showed an image of a coin I won from Agora but...
[ATTACH] AEOLIS, KYME AE 15 OBVERSE: K-Y across fields, Artemis standing right, holding torch and clasping hands with figure standing left,...
[ATTACH] M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy REVERSE: Ceres...
[ATTACH] GALLIENUS Antoninianus OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right REVERSE: NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp or Capricorn right, N below...
@GDJMSP did the right thing here. The question on this thread is what else a person might collect, not why. You and I decided to add voice to...
Nice ones @Ivo. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My favorite which I've shown a number of times: [ATTACH] VESPASIAN Æ Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS, radiate head left...
[ATTACH] VESPASIAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right REVERSE: COS ITER TR POT, Pax seated left, holding...
Excellent way to fall off the wagon. No scraped knees! [ATTACH] Nice rare coin.
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I looked at some nice coins when I visited Venice a few years ago. Yes, with the proper paperwork, you can buy coins legally in Italy. BTW, the...
Nice looking coin @Ajax. Good detail
[ATTACH] CRISPUS AE3 OBVERSE: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: PROVIDEN TIAECAESS Jupiter stg....
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That's how I see it as well.
I havew no idea what the "patina" may be, but if it's silver, you can clean it with a lemon juice/water solution. It looks silver from the image.
I liked Celtic coinage, but I only have a couple. Lower Danube Celt [ATTACH] EASTERN CELTS [ATTACH]
Nice looking Roman Republican coin.
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