Find a portrait of Scipio Africanus
BRAVO !
Was it ever represented on coins (perhaps Provincial Roman) ?
The coin you illustrated is definitely not the same (look at the legend),although the partial lack of hair would also lend itself to tooling !
I checked my records and find out that the seller, part of Vcoins, had honestly signalled that the hair of Vespasian had been tooled. The price...
your Hadrian denarius is a perfect example of nice toning.
J believe that the best Vesasian portrait is to be found on a denarius of Ephesus (best quality of portraiture in general).[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry to hear. In the meantime, here is my bronze from Antioch. here islso a coin from Alexandria which I failed to get !
Here are two examples: Dutch middle-age Jeton, and Persian wedding lucky token(thrown around for good luck)
What is your best portrait of the elusive emperor Otho ?
a real pity. it could have been a nice coin. Before buying always try to look at a larger image of the coin to watch details.
Here is what I believe to be a decent [ATTACH] portrait of Vitellius
Very often one finds a coin with one side well preserved and interesting and the other side badly damaged or badly preserved(often with bronze...
Congratulations. Your story confirms the fascinating adventure of ancient coin collectors looking for the unaffordable jewel !. You did the right...
Very nice portraits, colour does not matter.
On the contrary,this coin (below)is an example of added silver coat,particularly obvious on the reverse.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This one is a nice silvered coin.
Sorry my reply was dispatched too soon !The coins in question were from Gaul, Roman provincial and Sicily, with the reverse added here.[ATTACH]
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