That's an excellent example; congrats! I gave it some thought myself; glad we didn't bid each other up.
Some coins from the Capitoline Museum in Rome. Apologies for the glare; I can't imagine why they wouldn't let me remove the glass. I promised I'd...
My "newest" Octavian. It's a common enough coin, but it took me decades to find the right example. The portrait of Antony is first rate, but I...
[ATTACH] A very pretty Sicilian denarius, Crawford 79/1. The early use of serration has never been satisfactorily explaned:
A very rare denarius from Sicily,Crawford 77/1, with wheat ear and crooked staff: [ATTACH]
My example of 75/1c: [ATTACH]
Leave 'em identified in flips. That at least makes your lot different than unidentified lots of similar coins, and presumably more desirable to...
One of the few coins I sort of miss from my long-gone Imperial collection: [IMG]
I have nothing to add to red_spork's explanation. My example of the OP type, not plated: [ATTACH]
It's the same coin, but very different photos. No cast could precisely duplicate the shape of the bright areas where the patina has flaked away...
CoinArchives adjusts for alternate spellings, at least for frequently-used terms. One more reason why it's a LOT better than the alternatives.
A couple of handfuls of "important" pieces may end up being purchased by the BM or other British museums, but I guarantee you that most of these...
I wish I could unsee that. My eyes may never recover.
I think I missed the original thread on your staff victoriatus. (Just read it now, from the link.) Congrats; that's a genuinely rare coin. Yours...
I've posted this before, but here's my Cleo & Tony denarius: [IMG]
Well, nobody specified which lighthouse to post: [ATTACH]
It's easy to post in a hurry, directly from a pdf or other document. The normal online catalogue will follow shortly.
I just put my copy--the Republican moneyers volume too--in a pile to be dropped in one of the free Little Libraries around Rogers Park, Chicago,...
Maybe... but the Tiger tanks didn't do so well against the Russian tanks they actually fought against.
Cicero actually did issue a few cistophoric tetradrachms in his name in 51/50 BC, when he was proconsul in Laodiceia. Usual cistophor types....
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