Beautiful coin! I remember seeing this when I first started collecting ancients and being amazed by the design.
It is a different way to collect - it is frustrating because once you get to a certain point it gets more and more difficult to go further because...
No way Vance is just going to retire - he will be begging for public office. If he ever runs I intend to donate whatever I can to whoever is...
Vance is an overly ambitious publicity hungry man of zero character - it isn't a surprise he is involved.
I like #6 as well - the dots at the end of the stars - I think you need the small details that Tiber patina gives you for that -
Perhaps it was to make him more of an adult for the soldiers, many of whom wore beards -
Nice coin - I like this type for Severus Alexander and hope to find the similar one for Elagabalus
This continues the prior post: [ATTACH] 11. Fortuna standing - RIC 348 - featured on another post on this site. Purchased from VCOINS ca 2019....
Posted below is an interesting collection of 18 different sestertii of Elagabalus, a 19 year effort (first coin purchased in 2002) with an extreme...
[ATTACH] This is my Aquilia Severa, CONCORDIA standing, purchased from Heritage a couple of years ago. The flip is almost as interesting as the...
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