That's a pretty Constans :). Great centering too!
Yes it does! :D [IMG] CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III 238-244 CE Æ 27 mm, 11 gm Obv: ...ΓOPΔIANO radiate and draped bust right;...
Doesn't look like the seller made out well on this lot (although the goal may not have been profit). The type and condition of the pictured coins...
That Telesphorus countermark is cute as a button. A very creepy button :D. The Omen, starring Telesphorus as Damien. [IMG]
Great coin!!
Oops, I misconstrudeled your post ;) [ATTACH]
Excellent! Another convert :D Minor point though-- your new Titus is not a Roman imperial coin, it is a Roman provincial coin. Nothing wrong...
Hmm. Interesting! I'd like to get one of those Domna Venus Genetrix with Cupid coins. It would be fun to collect all variations of Domna Venuses.
@1913nickel, I hope you do buy it and post a picture here so we can finally solve The Squid Mystery :D (or don't buy it, just post a picture of it)
I have one from a large mixed lot. Someday I might try to clean it. [IMG] SEXTUS POMPEY Circa 43-36 BC, Sicilian mint? AE, 29 mm, 19.8 gm Obv:...
I like the portrait-- he's atypically "cute" (by modern and personal standards) and the engravers were apparently unaware of his ridiculous wig :D.
Hmm, I was going to save his pages to the Internet Archive ("Wayback Machine") but when I click to save a page (http://jp29.org/capitals.htm, for...
Congrats! Finding one of those is not easy. I have a couple with Germanicus and Drusus. [IMG] [IMG] LYDIA, Sardes (... or maybe not) Germanicus...
Thanks, @Curtisimo, for reviving this old thread :). It was a fun coin to write about. Lately I haven't had much free time for composing fun...
I'm so sorry about your run of forgeries :(. Thank you for going the extra mile and sending coin to David Sear. Now we can document the coin's...
I generally don't get too excited about modern coins but that's a pretty cool cud and a very attractive patina :). That it isn't in a plastic...
I suspect the "squid" is probably a bow case.
Welcome, JL! It is not uncommon for ancient coin auction listings to state only the weight of the coin. I prefer them to also state the size,...
Hmm.. I guess it depends on exactly how you say those words (properly versus slangily) but it must be at the beginning of the second syllable in...
Oops, I did not know that. Thanks!! (And I guess "oops" is one too? :D Maybe not... it fees like it comes more from the mouth.)
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