It is a sestertius of Caracalla with the reverse RESTITOR ORBIS - Roma Seared - is a very rare coin and I would love to see it - Blake
Thanks - Ottoman makes sense - Blake
Thanks - I agree with you about the first two being Bulgarian. I’ll take a closer look at Wildwinds and one other source
the response earlier was immediate but these must be quite mysterious - I still think the first two are Bulgarian
One aspect of this hobby that I thoroughly enjoy is attributing coins. Getting a coin that you like is great but other than looking at it and...
A beautiful piece! Rarity is such a interesting concept in ancient coins.
It is actually easy to differentiate the sestertii of Caracalla and Elagabalus - the portraits do not really look the same.
Yes it is most definitely definitely Elagabalus!
Previously in parts one and two I had posted 18 different types of Elagabalus sestertii, and now post two more. I have always wondered whether...
Beautiful coins! I have not seen that type of Septimius Severus denarius since the days when Ancient Auction House and Paganecoins were selling -...
BEAUTIFUL stunning coin! I love the eastern denarius of Septimius
I can show you how to get it out of the slab - done it many times.
This is another error coin in the group of this type I purchased. How in the world does a coin of Lysimachia (sp) in Thrace show an inscription...
Ot took me a while to even see this!
t Thought this was interesting -Lysimacheia309BC AE17 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thrace
There was a Boston coin dealer - Henri Delgar, who sold ancient coins on ebay in the early to mid-2000's and I vaguely recall he had a crude...
Nice! Plus high silver content!
Thanks Curtis - I was very much hoping that this note would get your attention. From your other posts it is my understanding that this type is the...
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