Wonderfully illustrative of the beauty of patina
Beautiful and rare - a wonderful combination!
I think the boys end up as angels if I am not mistaken. As for the Stoogettes, nothing that anyone has done, not the film, not the other versions...
I collect Septimius and his family, and look at quite a few sesterii of Geta - this is a BEAUTY - for some reason many Geta sestertii from this...
I was unaware that Mamaea struck a rate type.
Yes - Dianacoins - the terrific site on eBay was selling a beautiful Macrinus sestertius - I didn’t have one and this was perfect in terms of...
Link doesn’t work but you can look it up on the site.
What a deal!
Gorgeous portrait!
The Septimius Severus in this photograph is a very rare IMP X with genius reverse. I have a die match of the coin and have seen all of five other...
These are magnificent!
I have one in a safety deposit box that I will photo with a blank reverse. CNG recently sold one of the same type a bit nicer than mine. Clearly...
Maybe the left facing coins were struck on “unlucky” days or for some other reason. But that’s sheer speculation.
As someone who really like large bronzes I have been fascinated by those from this city. The largest ones were struck ca. reign of Septimius to...
Beautiful coin - I had a worn example but sold it - how I regret that decision. This is a beauty.
P.S. is this the one sold on Heritage - there was an early Geta that went for low four figures but I don’t think this is it but I’m not sure. The...
I had one but the obverse was so badly tooled that I sent it back. This is a wonderful find - I’ve been looking for an untooled one for two...
It is quite a coincidence that the type that I was going to make the center piece of a planned article on rarity is the coin that you purchased....
I commented on the type but not the oddity on the reverse. I cannot account for it but sometimes the reverse of another the same coin get stuck...
too many typos - should not be doing this as 1:40am!
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