Abundant and beautiful detail on the denarius. It always puzzles me why the Romans didn't occasionally mint larger silver coins as commemoratives....
I haven't seen these before. I think they're a tremendous improvement on the original product, even if they're only worth face.
Great work as usual. Always a pleasure to read your stuff!
I'm impressed! Something I would actually watch on youtube. Bravo!
Here are better pics, Steve. Just for you. :) Better lighting, true colors. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah, I'm missing a coin too. I've got to clean the house. It's in here somewhere. It's not even anything special or expensive, but it's my...
Both are exceedingly nice coins. Well-done!
Thanks Steve - I took the pics in bright sunlight, and there's too much glare, but I don't have the time to re-shoot them till Monday.
They do indeed, but the H's of Heraclea often get a slanted crossbar as well. I'll have to cross-reference the rest of the details with the...
Yes, Licinius II. Sorry! Playing dress-up as a soldier - ain't he cute? As far as the mint mark goes, you may be right, but I always have trouble...
I have no such thing! I'm talking about a perfect universe.
oops - double post
Oh, I also took my own pics of coins I've already posted. Here's the fouree denarius of Tiberius and the anonymous quadrans with modern...
And here's that old new-ager Julian II. I know everyone wants a nice bull reverse - well, so do I...but not today. Still, this is decent coin:...
Rest assured that my tongue is planted firmly in my cheek when I say boring. In fact, I've yet to come across a boring ancient coin. Look even a...
Well, you know...you've got all these uppity women posting Agathokles silver. :p
Here's his arch-rival Licinius. Another common coin, but I didn't have an example with the captive seated at Jupiter's feet. I love how busy these...
Sounds about right. I would have paid $1500 for it.
I don't usually buy multi-coin lots, but each coin in this set of three appealed to me for one reason or another. I bought the set for $24.99,...
Here's an excellent site on the manufacture of ancient flans. You've got to flip through all the pages to get to the part about lathe machining....
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