Oh, you want to know where? :D First, I doubt it is Marcus Aurelius. Try Commodus. It's from Kyzikos in Mysia, or I strongly suspect it is....
Yes, or at least one with a similar reverse.
Maybe one of the dogs ate them. Do they ever chew up or tear up paper or cardboard? Time to start dissecting your dogs' poop :D
Rats. It's bad when we're rooting for your wife to have pulled something sneaky, isn't it? :D I hope your coins turn up.
Did your wife know you bought the coins? Did you, by chance, exceed any agreed-upon budget with these purchases? If so, I'm betting she is...
That all sounds reasonable :) When I was preparing to go to my first coin show I was suddenly very worried about how to pronounce names. Until...
Wow, what a great group of difficult-to-find bronzes! (I love the "steaming cups of coffee" :D) I have a triobol from an earlier period, but not...
Yes! This is the value of likes.
That seems to be a well detailed example of the type. Sorry you're not feeling well :( There are some explanatory pages on Forvm:...
[IMG] Thrace, Chersonesos 400-350 BC AR hemidrachm, 13mm, 2.3gm Obv: forepart of a lion right, head reverted Rev: quadripartite; incuse; dot AΓ...
Depressing :(
Aethelred, you're going to need to work on your unboxing presentation in order to hit the big leagues ;)...
It's not something I'd noticed or considered before but since you asked, I went to CNG's archives and browsed bunches of each. In general, to me...
@ab initio, did you mistype the lot number(s)?. The obverses are different (one has horse with rider, one with riderless horse) and the reverses...
Nice coins, everyone! Someday I will get some of hers, if only to own coins of the original Crazy Cat Lady :D.
Actually... Pupienus correctly pronounced "poopy anus" (really!)
I have a digital caliper (purchased for another purpose) but most often I use a clear plastic metric ruler. Close enough :)
49 when I bought my first ancients.
Someone once posted a Celtic coin which had a post-frathouse party reverse. I don't remember the coin's details but this is in my image file :D...
Alas, I have no potty nor Pupienus coins. The OP is awesome :D
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