Das glaube ich gerne! Schön ist er. Glückwunsch! Habe selber nur ein Pertinax As in meiner Sammlung. Der war aber noch erschwinglich. Nice...
Thank you for your extensive reply, TIF and for your best wishes. (I need to remember to be more careful next time when lifting weights, and not...
I like it. Nice tone and detail. Excellent picture as well. I was trying to get a feeling for its size - I guess it is pretty small?
I thought I din't have any 'Voting' coins, but I did find this picture of the Central Voting and Polling Station in Rome. It doubled up as the...
I was planning to attend, as I always do, but I hurt my leg and am not able to drive. Fortunately, I was able to bid by phone, and managed to...
That is exactly correct. Demand is what drives it. Numismatics is full of such oddities, including german numismatics. Plenty of extremely rare...
The reverse reads 'Mourn Him and Avenge Him' The obverse carries the name of the Kings, and I believe, the name of the maker of this medal....
Beautiful coin, TIF. I really feel sorely tempted when I see the R.R denarii you and the other members post...but alas, I am busy enough with my...
I don't have any coins that I would qualify as 'scary', but I do remember when I posted this Drusus sestertius some 5 years ago Mat said it looked...
@Alegandron, thank you for posting your examples of LIBERTAS denarii, (and for your kind words:)). I too really enjoy your posts, and the...
Thank you all for your opinions. I usually do not have trouble grading U.S coins, except for coins in the AU range, as I had assumed this was....
Thanks, guys, and thanks Zumbly for posting your Marcus Aurelius. It is a nice coin, as yet missing from my collection. Like David, I also find...
And yet other times, there was no platform to accommodate the emperor and his officials, so he had to give his pep-talk from the saddle of his...
Sometimes of course, as was prone to happen during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, you may get called to see the emperor not to get any gifts,...
A similar scene of Largesse, this time by Antoninus Pius, and also by Commodus who had a habit of thrown away money to the roman folk to make them...
In ancient Rome...two things may happen. You may either get lucky, and get a few coins tossed your way in one of the emperor's Congiariae or...
Would appreciate your comments/opinions on this 1848 SLQ. Thanks! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So what is on the reverse of the Hadrian sestertius?
Beautiful papillons, panzer man. And the coin is not too shabby, either! Congratulations.
That is a pretty scarce As, Eric. Nice. I may or may not have posted this denarius before; anyway, here it is. Hadrianus (117-138), Denarius...
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