Nice group! You have some nicely toned examples there. I can only contribute a Vespasian masquerading as Vitellius (or is it a Vitellius...
Too often a new provenance appears that is hard to track down. Remember what I told you about the 'Sierra Collection'? Hopefully Naville will be...
Agreed. Full discloser, I downloaded my digital copy from my University library many years ago when I was still a student. The copyright on it is...
I have a digital copy of Crawford and can attest the plates are 'good enough'. [ATTACH]
Congrats on acquiring a very beautiful 'owl'. Even as a strictly imperial guy I can appreciate a coin like that!
Nice pick-up! However, this is one of those RIC frequency ratings I disagree with. Certainly the left facing portrait is rarer than the right...
A lovely coin Martin, I can see why it 'distracted' you. Alas, I'm too focused on my speciality to be able to show off anything outside my area....
Fantastic coin! Well worth the wait.
Your example illustrates why I was having trouble with the write-up. My Mars is in military attire, yours is a heroic nude. Why are they...
Thank you for posting your Vitellius Mars sestertius, it is indeed the one I had in mind. Superb example!
Sometimes it's nothing more than a portrait that attracts you to a piece. And that is indeed the case with my latest acquisition!...
Agreed. Those are readily identifiable as modern forgeries by the photos alone. I'm sorry your coins are not genuine.
Impressive coin! What a sense of relief you must feel now it is in hand!
[ATTACH] I'm in the middle of researching a new purchase - which has been more vexing than anticipated! I planned on posting the coin tonight,...
It's possible! If not the same mint, the two issues probably shared the same engravers. Compare that Titus Caesar RIC 1470 to the 'o' mint...
For the same reason you created your personalised tags, I like using envelopes in the (vain?) hope that they may stay with the coins long after...
Although I tend to agree the inclusion of an annulet points to Ephesus as a likely candidate for the mystery 'o' mint, many of the annulet and...
Nice pick-up Andrew! The wear doesn't distract from the overall eye-appeal. And of course it's much rarer than the one struck at Rome. I believe...
I have a twin! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
High eye-appeal, low grade? This one springs to mind. [ATTACH] Titus Æ Sestertius, 22.74g Rome mint, 80-81 AD RIC 155 (C). BMC 171. I wanted it...
Separate names with a comma.
