The reverse looks like it was tooled by someone who had never seen a reverse from this, or indeed any, era of Roman coinage. Baffling.
You've had a great year. Good stuff.
Beautiful. The figure of Apollo holding the prow on the Antigonos Doson is one of the most well executed I've ever seen on a coin. Genuinely...
The reverse is stunning. Does the figure on the right have her foot on a peacock, or other type of bird?
I'm sorry to hear that friend, you will be in my thoughts. I always get great pleasure from your knowledgeable and friendly posts, and I hope...
The Trier Constantius coin is an absolute gem.
Interesting selection. I think the Caracalla is my favourite for the style of the reverse. Good job.
Nice selection. I think my favourite is the Diocletian with the excellent portrait from Trier. Would happily add it to my own collection.
Stunning selection! The Metapontion coin just wins the race for me, a simple, elegant and wonderfully clean example.
Ha you've got the opposite problem to most of the Romans in the ancient world. 99% of the time, their coins just kept on shrinking and shrinking...
Excellent page, thanks. Might be interesting to have a section on the coins Carausius issued in the name of Diocletian and Maximian....
That's a good bit of detective work, and with one of TIF's wonders as well. Good stuff.
I agree, I immediately thought it must be a cushion of some sort. Interesting variety that I've not seen before.
Artistically and ethically, if that makes sense, I love the Nerva-Antonine era. My favourite era historically, and the era my collecting focuses...
That's a fascinating find RC, well done!
Very nice, I have a soft spot for the VLPP series and that's a nice one.
Ars Coin 'XF' Wien as I like to call them. They haven't yet realised that if everything is XF, nothing is. Hopefully you've nipped the bronze...
I think I can see a transverse sceptre or spear with the other hand seeming to hold something like a branch, so I'd bet that one of them is a Pax....
Nothing to offer than a wish of good luck mate, sounds like a pain to deal with for sure. Also, poor form from Athena Numismatics for being...
Yum, just the kind of sestertius I like, bags of character and attractive patination. Is the last on your list a very hard to get type?
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