Hard to argue with your top 5! The Corinthian stater, the Severan dynastic denarius, and the Elagabalus 'stone' denarius are my top picks. It...
Welcome to Cointalk ancients! Nice to see the coin that inspired my similar Vespasian denarius. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.27g Rome...
I have to agree. All are a delight!
An embarrassment of riches to choose from! I went with the Hadrian for aesthetic reasons.
Outside my speciality area, but that photo would've fooled me.
I think there are more than a few here that can relate to that! Online sites like CoinTalk are an oasis in a desert of ambivalence. Pre-internet...
#3 'The Little Butterfly' is my personal favourite, but overall a very impressive start!
Hard to argue with the order, but great selection overall!
It looks like you had a great year Randy! Congrats!
His main theory that the Isis cult is responsible for the fire is just a theory, a thin one at that. Plus, it isn't a very scholarly work and has...
Wow. That Julia Domna with the Cybele reverse is wonderful and my personal favourite from your list. Congrats on a fantastic numismatic 2018!
I would take that Dando-Collins book with a grain of salt.
Love that Domitian secular games As!
Nice set of coins ... and congrats on completing your Divi series!
Yes, it's an intriguing description which may not be too far off the mark. Although there is an inconsistency with RIC's labelling of these wreath...
My RIC 523 has the same branches/spikes/palms (whatever!) and acorns(?). [ATTACH] Sometimes a coin has me looking at my own coins with fresh...
And just to illustrate how exceptional Jay's wreath is, here is a wreath on a denarius struck in Rome a few years later with a more democratic...
A list that has a Cleopatra portrait coin at #10 is indeed truly spectacular! Congrats on a very good year!
Gosh, I love your speciality. It looks like you had a great numismatic year too! Congrats my friend!
Ah, that explains it. At any rate, your coin's wreath is different enough to be noted, whether that entails a new catalogue number or a footnote...
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