I miss the good old days when our 'political' discussions centered on whether Constantine was a hero or a cad. Thank you.
Opinions will vary but I would consider shooting all coins separately and merging them into a set. If you start with the largest coin and shoot...
My Felicitas Publica dupondius is not nearly as nice as the OP coin but brings up a matter I find interesting. The dupondius was marked as a...
Is this piece intact or considerably restored?
Each of us will have differing personal situations but I would have no problem with my mail delivery being cut to three days a week (MWF or...
Left? While the riding lefts seem harder to find, I am particularly fond of the ones facing that show flames beneath the quadriga. [ATTACH]...
I see Caracalla and Domna. Mine is Marcianopolis. [ATTACH]
While I can't really agree with calling the Provincials sestertii, the Viminacium AE of Gordian and Philip can be nice large coins. After that,...
I thought all the dated coins were second reign. Is this site wrong? http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/sasania/sas_kavI_1a.html
I was aware of this distinction but have not found a coin that heavy. Most like the cmezner coin quoted below seem in the middle. My other one...
I wish there were an easy answer to your question. I bought this shiny silver denarius in 1988 from NFA where it was described as ex. Brauer...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html When I wrote my page on these (above) I was convinced that there was no perfect coin...
If large, I'd see if it rang when struck like a gong but you ignored the request above for size details so that is not likely assuming it is tiny.
Show me a Pax with a spear. I see Virtus.
This as barely qualifies since it is Divus Augustus issued by Nerva 96-98 AD. I was too late to be first here but lack of original requests makes...
I agree that Zeus and eagles were ubiquitous, however the Ptolemies were known for the cornucopia in the field as shown here so it is quite likely...
Did you mean he 'closed' the doors? The temple doors were only closed when Rome was at peace everywhere. The doors were usually open as war was...
There is enough confusion on these that the safe answer is to call them all Arsakes. I am not all that convinced that all the new attributions...
The AEQVITI coded series always appealed to me but I never chased down the rest of the set. My page on them:...
Mine is AE19 and 5.7g. The man with the hammer was particularly strong on yours. The fabric suggests striking on round globe flans rather like we...
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