This book sounds like it's right up my alley. Thank you so much for posting this recommendation!
A few of weeks ago I purchased a rare dupondius struck for Titus as Caesar with a left facing portrait....
My latest purchase has me pondering whether or not some emperors, more so than others, felt they had an obligation to honour the good fortune that...
Nice to see you got that one! And as far as other Capta types - how about this often overlooked Judaea Capta quadrans? [ATTACH]Vespasian Æ...
I came across the following coin recently, which apparently flew under the radar on eBay for quite sometime. Perhaps everyone else just saw a...
Vespasian.
I have several others from Rome and an unknown Thracian mint. This is my first one from Lyon.
Recently, I was very pleased to have acquired an important personal 'grail'. Judaea Capta sestertii are not all that rare, but those struck at an...
[MEDIA] But seriously, that's a great coin.
It wasn't until I came across this recent purchase that I realised I was missing a coin from a fairly important Vespasianic bronze issue. It's not...
I'm sorry to see that! What kind of flip was it in? I find getting coins out of those stiff saflips (or any similar mylar flips) very difficult.
To my eyes, both coins appear to have been produced by the same engraver. Personally, I can't choose between the two - each one has their own...
'Scarce' is a good word for that shadowy area between 'common' and 'rare'.
This is one of those borderline 'common' coins. It isn't extremely rare, but neither is it regularly seen in trade. With that being said, I...
It's hard to argue with that liberal, but accurate, translation!
I've had a hunch for some time that the so called 'imperial' and 'senatorial' mints (at least during the late First Century) were not separate...
Not often you see a seated Minerva!
Thanks everyone for sharing your non-Flavian Minervas! I would be curious to know if the post-Flavian coin designs were copied from the coinage...
During the Flavian era Minerva is best known for her almost monolithic domination of Domitian's denarii, however, she also shows up quite...
Lots of eye-appeal with that one. Congrats @Mat!
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