Sylvester, I asked this on another thread but I guess you didn't see it.I didn't know you collected Romans.What do you have? any specialties?
Thanks b12 but this one is not mine,wish it was. I found it on a Scots coin site.
looks like a couple of my early large cents..hehe Maybe it looked like this (different king tho) at one time.X cross on one side and thistle on...
Here is an example that is very close,possibly identical to yours. The clue was the reverse TRP XX IMP IIII COS III.This places the coin in a...
bonedigger, you can go here http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/marcus_aurelius/i.html and click on the thumbnails link and most likely find both...
It's a strange world isn't it? You're in NZ watching CBS and bonedigger is here watching (I assume) the BBC series about people living the iron...
Emperor Hadrian says, Thanks Aidan,you're a gentleman and a scholar :)
LOL..looks like a "man with weasel on his head" coin :eek:
bonedigger, Very nice coin with an interesting history.It is perhaps one of only two coins that we know were minted on or about a particular...
This is a great site to read up on these dysfunctional guys..thumbs up to the guy who wrote these. Those Wacky Emperors 49BCE-305CE...
satootoko, Here's all I could find on the subject,click on the selective plating link: http://www.brushplate.com/brushplate.htm
ARRRGGGHHH!!!...hate it when that happens :cool:
I should have called this thread "The Bad Boys of Rome" Nero's a bit worn and Commodus doesn't look anything like Jaochim Phoenix in the...
I'm not usually a big fan of toned coins unless the toning is rainbow-like,the way the coin in Silvrluvr's avatar looks.I have this 1845 1/2 dime...
Elagabalus used to parade around dressed as a woman much to the consternation of his mother.Check out his portrait on this coin.It says it...
Hi coinclueless,I suspect that the set you have is just a privately assembled novelty set.If you go into coin stores,they usually have these in a...
That would be Caligula.He later pressed many of the wives of patricians and senators into service in a sort of celebrity "house of ill repute".But...
Here's another strange little coin straight out of Greek mythology.Check out that face and the scary snakes.It's an early Halloween for you guys. ;)
I've been looking for a decent one of these for a couple of years but they're always too worn or off centered for my taste.Finally,I found this...
I know what a fob is but what the heck is a "preaching band"?
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