Those are fine T-Bones, especially the second coin! I love accusative legends – thanks for showing. Here is an earlier Mars from Antioch,...
Nice coins! It's always good to have a grain supply deity or two in your collection... Here are my Annona coins, including an Antoninus Pius...
That's an amazing coin – in fact, it doesn't get much better in my eyes! Also, thanks for your informative write-up. My semuncia is from the time...
A well-done and informative video with beautiful coins – thank you for posting it. I've shown them before – but well, one more time won't hurt....
Well, apparently not everyone liked AP back in the days: [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Roman Empire, denarius, 145–161 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS...
Democratic Athens: [ATTACH] Attica, Athens, AR tetradrachm, ca. 440s–430s BC. Obv: head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet...
That's a nice coin, @Bing . But most and first of all, happy birthday! Here are two pachyderms to congratulate you: [ATTACH] Roman Republic,...
Nice coin, @thejewk ! That's a fine portrait, and the coin has, at least in my eyes, a very attractive contrasting patina. Certainly a worthy...
This one isn't particularly pretty, but here is my favourite example of sloppy provincial engraving. The type exists for both Geta and Caracalla....
You're right, that would be the second possibility: "...SEV A[VG]" = Septimius Severus "...SEV A[LEXANDER]" = Severus Alexander Maybe you can...
It looks like a Roman fourrée denarius, an ancient silver-plated forgery. Your second image is upside down, but I think I can read "SEV" in the...
This is indeed a bit weird – accusativus directionis in the sense of "ad Iunonem" is the only sensible explanation I can think of. I have a...
Those are nice coins, @Yorkshire. In particular the Gordian III – what a fantastic patina! Here is one of my two ex Bing coins: [ATTACH] Roman...
Many Scandinavian hoard finds from the late Viking Age contain predominantly Saxon coins, illustrating the trade networks between the German...
Just to be clear: my comment was certainly not referring to you, Ken. I saw nothing at your table I wouldn't feel comfortable considering and...
This thread deserves a bump. I went to the show today and definitely didn't regret it: although most of the dealers do, of course, US coins, there...
Ditto. Some elaboration would be most welcome. I thought that the burglary and theft from their office last Christmas spoke of somewhat lax...
Nice sestertius, @David Atherton! I very much like the contrasting orichalcum and black patina. As far as veristic portraits of Vespasian go, I...
Welcome to CT, @Clonecommanderavgvsvs ! Good to have another fellow medieval collector on board. Also, your Augustus as looks perfectly fine to...
Thanks for the wonderful and informative post! I very much enjoy coins with elaborate drapery, and your post sheds light on some issues I had been...
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