Septimius Severus denarius LIBERO PATRI with thyrsus. [ATTACH] Next: A coin given to a young person who was about the same age as the ruler on...
I remain convinced that coins of Probus would be much more popular had he lived just a couple decades earlier when silver coins were still silver...
That leaves open the possibility that those were not mintmarks in the general sense of the word but something else. Before this time what...
I was hoping someone would post on this by now. Who has the one of milking a sheep, goat or anything???
The point is not just the effect on the person who breaks the unwritten rule but on the one who is sitting there sweating out the last minute...
Can someone explain the interpretation of the various Eastern mintmarks on these coins? We have EPE which seem obviously Ephesus but the o and BY...
I was hoping by now to hear how the cleaning went. The coin would be a lot better without the lumps but I am not sure what I would try first.
My favorite!
There are rather fewer Victoria coins in the name of empresses so I will show this rare one (I know of four) from Julia Domna. [ATTACH]...
How many of us have a plan in place telling heirs what to do with our collections? I have twice told my wife what to do if I turned up dead only...
You know you have a problem when you select your coins for mullets and tails. VF and EF mean so little to me but I can't pass up a special die....
Excellent coin!
That is a fact! The OP coin and the one by David make an interesting point. To get a perfectly even strike of both sides it was necessary that...
Do you have the price realized for that sale? I am a famous cheapskate but would easily pay $2000 for the Gonzaga Septimius legionary sestertius....
My reason for being is complete. I can go now. Imagine someone being driven to thinking rather than copying old thought....... and a lawyer....
As my fixed income budget buys fewer coins I spend more time taking photos of the same old ones. I have been going to the local library to use...
Honos and Virtus / Italy and Rome [ATTACH] Next: Two or more people on each side
I was notified by a moderator that my reply here was condescending to the poster. I apologize. My posts will be limited to matters of fact on...
Please understand that I did not research this at all but just thought I saw the hand back holding up the hem of the skirt. Spes usually holds...
It could be Spes walking left.
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