Welcome, @Clavdivs! $3.33 for a centaur? Heck yeah :D
Well... Although those scans are almost useless, the coin looks very porous and "soapy", making it suspicious for a cast. The obverse is...
I suspect someone applied RenWax (or similar) at some point in this coin's modern past. The shinier darker green areas are wax-impregnated. The...
No. Charles, that's not an authentic Byzantine coin :(. I hope you can get your money back.
As for non-Aventvs and non-Profectio travel coins, the transport of the sacred stone of El Gabal comes to mind (and I see you already have that on...
I'm not sure either but I think it is likely a match. I played with it a bit in photoshop, superimposing one on the other (with the top coin...
Wow! I hadn't read that before. Perhaps part of the reason why so few (apparently) coins of Caracalla were struck in Egypt?
with aplustre on obverse: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=106696 https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=78271...
All of your reasons are perfectly legitimate. It's a fabulous coin! I have no damned Getas :rage:
A happy update: Steve finished chemotherapy last week-- six rounds of chemo and five rounds of radiation. His doctors seem optimistic and he'll...
Looks okay to me, although I can't readily explain the odd cracks below Hadrian's chin and above the scorpion. It looks pushed outwards on both...
Oh I would love to attend that workshop!! I clicked on another event-- jewelry workshop. They show some cheap-looking bezel set LRBs. Uhm, no...
Thanks for that nice summary, @TheRed! I have no coins of Demetrius I but like many of us here on CT, I do have one from his son: [IMG] KINGS...
Uhm, it's still February. Somebody has a new addiction ;) :D
Nice one, David! He's got a snarl to rival Caracalla. So far I have only one Titus from Roman Egypt, and you've seen it before. [IMG] EGYPT,...
On page 1 of this thread there are some links to webpages devoted to the zoo series. Worth posting them again. The animal count may vary...
YES! I should have posted a JA coin instead of Pecunem. @John Anthony ships so quickly and charges so little.
What a gorgeous coin, Gavin! Great history too. Hmm. I need one :) Favorite Diocletian from Roman Egypt: [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Diocletian...
What an unusually good detail!
Interesting. I was just cruising through CNG's archives to sample the headgear. I'd never appreciated any difference. Looking at the Maximian...
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