A similar sestertius of Severus Alexander, last of the Severan emperors: [ATTACH]
Yes but after Christianity came into power, Victory continued to write but changed her text to a Christian Chi-Rho on this bronze of Eudoxia....
I certainly hope so! Severans make a very good addiction. This is a nice one. For the record, I have about 500 from the family and do not have...
You have three different members of the dynasty and the Commemorative but the mintmarks I can read are all the same city but all four are...
..and the reverse being mirror image. What do you consider to be the four dots in the center of the mouth? Medusa had straight teeth? I never...
What do expect from a cat whose owner wears an elephant headdress?
That type bezel provides little protection to the obverse when worn and none from the ravages of a jeweler with polish in his brain. I suspect is...
You guys play rough. When I think of a monster, I think of someone like Medusa not just having a few misplaced body parts or alternative...
Probably the most common countermark on Alexander tets is the Seleucid anchor. [ATTACH]
I like monsters on coins. I have a strong collection of coins depicting Medusa and the gorgoneion. Since we have a new Coin Talker who expressed...
There is where we differ when talking coins and paintings. The coin equivalent of what was done to The Last Supper would render the subject coin...
For most uses I found a great improvement when I went to a full frame camera but I'm not sure you would with all the way you use the rig. Moving...
#25 left is a silver coin of Domitian or a fake pretending to be. If it is not silver, it is fake. I strongly suspect #29 and #30 are also...
I only collect ancients and have no use for 'grading' as the term is usually used but have found my needs for seeing coins closely has been best...
Their page is very interesting and informative. A lot of the question of what is proper depends on whether you sell the coin as 'makeup applied'...
The vast majority of ancient coins were struck on cast flans (very few were cut from sheets) and many (often larger ones) still show some sign of...
Question: This reverse of the Indo-Scythian Azes (Taxila mint?) is usually called Poseidon. Is it or is there a local deity that carries a...
Are you considering Genius as a god? I see him as a personification of the people which explains why we don't have him honored by someone holding...
[ATTACH] These often strike me as being a bit different in style than other Constantine types. Was it engraved by a different team (the Aureus...
[ATTACH] Demetrios Poliorketes 294 – 288 BC, King of Macedon, issued this tetradrachm showing a small Nike on the prow and a full length...
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