I was not familiar with that Commodus. The Philip is not one of the more common ones. I got mine over 25 years ago. It does show the capricorn...
Yes. Yours has an I. I lack that one but have M, Y and a Chi-Rho and know there are others. Since the three brothers names started with...
Galba sestertius / Libertas Publica [ATTACH] Next: another coin with wear suggesting modern use as a pocket piece
Caracalla, Tomis, Dioscuri [ATTACH]
Perhaps a non-emperor prince like Germanicus or Drusus? The artwork is modern so it could just be 'Roman'.
You will be pleased and surprised when you get your book. Emmett 3935 comes in three years (2, 3, 6). Your six is a beautiful coin with all the...
with Pius - adoption issue [ATTACH] Miracle of the rain commemorative Mercury RELIG AVG [ATTACH] Sestertius as older Caesar [ATTACH]...
I don't have a Geta Nobilitas but this is the Philip I antoninianus from the officina (6) numbered series. [ATTACH] Me, too. This Geta has four....
Last year at a coin show I bought a Provincial of Julia Domna but got home and decided I was too much of a condition snob to keep it for my...
Is there an extra POT at the end of the obverse legend? You id not give a weight or diameter but the fabric looks more like I expect of a...
Do you know the evidence for these to be attributed to Valens? Valens was Christian. So soon after the Julian II attempt to return to a Pagan...
Yes. And Severans. And collecting generally (without a want list). There is nothing wrong with 12 Caesars coins. I have dozens. The problem is...
Rarely do we get two more profound statements in one post. As a specialist in something, we tend to value things simply because they are...
Was not "this coin", meaning the left portrait Venus, was struck after Vespasian died? Titus was not Augustus before Vespasian died so coins...
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