Entry post. I don't collect US myself, only ancients, but my older boy does and he would think these are cool. Here's my recently acquired owl:...
Can it be attributed to any particular location?
Athena thanks you for the wisdom in this thread! [ATTACH]
@Alegandron Suetonius says: "Claudius's mother often called him 'a monster: a man who Mother Nature had begun to work upon but then flung...
In I, Claudius, Robert Graves portrays Antonia Minor as honorable and traditional, but verbally abusive to Claudius and resentful of his presence....
Here is a coin of Constantine, minted in his name by his frenemy Licinius: [ATTACH] The obverse legend is IMP C CONSTANTINVS PF AVG. The...
I have seen sellers refer to patinas like on @maridvnvm's coin as distinctively British. I guess something to do with soil in Britain?
You're right. I thought only Aquileia had the lines and dots cornice but clearly I was wrong.
But I have so many dreams! Here are some of the crazier ones: Amalasuntha (maybe?), like this one Zenobia from Alexandria with Selene...
Here is a CONSERV VRB SVAE I have. Based on the style of this temple I think the rather worn mint mark is Aquileia (AQP or AQS) but I know there...
Congrats on the win and a great theme for a mini collection.
Some of the rarer emperors I've seen on the market recently were a Zenobia in the most recent Leu auction and a Britannicus at Forum.
This is my first one, a Ptolemy III from Tyre that I picked up at a recent Savoca auction. Ptolemy III Euergetes, r. 246-222 BC. Tyre mint...
Here is a sestertius of Faustina I. RIC 1105. On some of these the legend hides Aeternitas's little phoenix, but not this one! [ATTACH] Here is...
[ATTACH] Entry Post 1, 4, 3, 2 Thanks everyone!
Here is one that I have: [ATTACH] Constantine I "the Great" (AD 306 to 337). AE follis. 23mm, 3.33 g. Thessalonica, second officina, struck AD...
@Roerbakmix I asked a similar question earlier in the thread but I am interested in additional opinions on the Quadrum holders. Are the coins easy...
I really don't understand why they ask for references. Speaking as a new collector it feels very snooty and unwelcoming. If you don't feel you...
@svessien How well do those Quadrum capsules fit ancients? Especially when a lot of ancients aren't perfectly round like modern coins? Are they...
Here is my very green newly-acquired Galerius. [IMG] [IMG] Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Æ Follis (27.5mm, 11.35 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint,...
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