Coingrats, but beware. If you post em here before receipt, surely Uspus, the patron deity of the U.S. Postal Service, will smite your package....
Funny coincidence, I won my only target today for about half it's previous auction hammer price (6 years ago).
Looking at @Alegandron 's Imperial quinarii, I can't help but wonder whether the wreath ties on both coins are intentionally engraved in a V shape...
Is there any way to add horns to that figure with beard? ;) Wicked nice coin. Pissah!.
Congratulations on the nice quinarius. I just received this heavy, early AR Quinarius in yesterday's mail: Rome. The Republic. Anonymous, circa...
If you're squeamish, turn your head. I've been engaged in a binding program for my numismatic library for several years now. Part of that...
Well bought, @red_spork . Of course, you'll find Andrew McCabe's paper on anonymous struck bronzes extremely useful, and there are lots of other...
Let's not forget the poor bronzes, now! Piso: [ATTACH] Pansa/Titius mule: [ATTACH]
Nice job aquiring all the moneyers, @Sallent . I'd have a hard time posting all of my 90 BCE coins. As mentioned, it was a very busy time for...
Ha! Glad someone noticed. I was not home when typing this, so all provenance info etc is from memory. Best to admit I can't recall than to...
Shortly after the major Roman losses at Trasimene and Trebia, Rome was in trouble. Massive military expenditure was needed and the inflow of raw...
I've been thinking about you @rrdenarius , and I'm very glad to read you are okay. My wife has been coordinating a donation drive for the flood...
Thank you @TIF . It's certainly clear on that EL coin.
Thanks. I think this motif is often shown as moon/crescent, which is consistent with Tanit's drawn symbol of woman with outstretched arms with...
Common phenomenon. Sabina is basically beardless Hadrian with a pony-tail. Below AR Denarius of Sabina from my collection illustrates the point....
Wow! Was this a Lego "kit" (many of them come like models these days, with assembly intructions), or self designed?
Can anyone explain the ubiquitous horn in Tanit's hair? I presume it is a symbol of divinity, as it's often used on coin portraits (from...
"The unusual and rare-looking coins will be placed in the Seville Archeological Museum after being examined." Not unusual or rare looking to us!...
My example of the OP Marius type, but with MILITVM fully spelled-out. I'm ashamed to admit that I've never freed it from the slab. I've freed...
I appreciate your reply. I strongly recommend that you find experts in Roman Republican coins to look at it. In this case, I suspect your photos...
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