When I saw this coin up for auction I thought of you. I'm glad to see you won it!
The portraits are excellent and more than make up for any 'problems' the coin has. Super addition!
That dupondius was an unplanned purchase. I actually placed a Hail Mary bid at the last minute and was kind of surprised I won. And no, I didn't...
Last week I posted a newly acquired Felicitas dupondius. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-finally-taking-the-plunge.322777/ This week I...
Fantastic coin RC! And I must confess, I too am guilty of a little antiquarianism from tyme to tyme. Nothing wrong with that!
This is correct. Victory facing left dated COS III with BY mint mark is unpublished. I came across it around the time of Ted Buttrey's passing, so...
Nice coin! I am happy to see you have sorted out the attribution. Appropriately, I have this cistophorus with Domitian and Domitia. [ATTACH]...
FWIW, the new RIC II.1 refers to it as a restitution issue.
Oh, what the heck, why not? ;)
Exactly!
I knew sooner or later the day would come. When I first started I only collected denarii, later I decided to include all imperial silver and then...
I hope so! :cigar:
I think it was my previous silver purchase (Judaea Capta denarius) that helped me decide. When you start looking to see if a captive's legs are...
LOL! I'll leave any interesting Alexandrian bronze to you - except if another 'snake on horseback' diobol shows up again!
There comes a time with any speciality collection when coins needed to fill holes become harder and harder to find in trade. I am nearing that...
Echoing the RR type, this one was struck for Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian. [ATTACH] Domitian as Caesar AR Denarius, 3.17g Rome Mint, 77-78...
Hardly humble! Those are some mighty fine coins!
Awesome coin Andrew!! Vespasian revived the Capricorn type in order to enhance his identification as the new Augustus. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR...
Nice pick-ups Randy!
A most remarkable feat you achieved this in silver!
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