That is the Commodus coin that has to be included in any Commodus collector's list. Thanks for sharing it.
Why does it strike me that trying to clean 99% of the uncleaned coins I have seen is a lot like trying to turn a elongated penny back into a round...
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=714307 I was wrong. acsearch has a couple with three letters and the above one may have been full legend...
The one nummus pieces make it pretty obvious why Anastasius 'reformed' and made the 40 nummi coins with the big M. Getting one with any obverse...
I consider the to most interesting parts of the Pius years the beginning and the end. In the beginning he was wrangling with the Senate over...
Correct. Limes (lee-mace) or coins of the borderstend to be less silver. There are quite a few unofficial Septimius coins in relatively good...
I like Cohen. Cohen was a catalog of what was available arranged by reverse legend. It did not pretend to arrange things in order by date or...
No premonition. It was a mistake where I forgot what it was when I sent it. I really need to write up a page about every coin I have that has a...
XIIII was the only legion honored at that mint. I've never understood that part. While the COSII only has LEG XIIII, the first legend coins of...
Pishpash posted the tale of her Reunion with a coin lost and then found. Below is my shameful saga of a coin sent away and later restored to my...
A reverse brockage SPES AVGG of the type used by Tetricus. [ATTACH]
Mark Antony, famous Roman, issued coins to pay his soldiers including those who fought the losing war with Octavian that resulted in the death of...
In general, I do not consider brockages worth any premium over a coin that produced them but there are some that have such complete and clear...
Don't know but... In general, many 1st issue coins of emperors look less like the later ones because the cutters had not yet received up to date...
No denarius will have a Greek legend but several Provincial cities issued silver coins. There are even types that come in both languages but,...
RIC is not consistent about giving a separate number for the split legend but they did here. 164 is listed as very rare while 163 (this) is common.
This Divus Carus shows the hairline behind the first point of the crown. A coin has to have pretty good surfaces to tell the difference between...
Bluest I have is Commodus, 2 assaria, Dionysopolis, Phrygia. The B denomination mark is reversed and makes it look like it doubles as a bow for...
I reallly like the OP pair neither of which are the common Virtus reverse. I'll show a third coin to keep father Carus from feeling slighted....
Interesting. I could not see the enlarged photos but some of those do seem to be unround.
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