I wouldn't envy that speaker!
A faint echo of this coin design shows up on a Vespasian denarius from 75 AD. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.27g Rome Mint, 75 AD RIC 776...
Nice obverse!
Very nice @Deacon Ray! The coin's portrait neatly matches the marble bust.
Congrats for reaching 10,000! There are several coins I can post that can represent my speciality. I like this one. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR...
Very nice acquisition @Mat. I especially like the portrait.
I take issue with the author's claim that the Vespasian denarius pictured in the article shows a solar eclipse from 75 AD. The reverse copies a...
I wish I didn't have to purchase coins from abroad because of the many delays, but as a specialist I normally don't have a choice if its a long...
I'll take a different approach to this. Here is a Domitian Germania Capta type which strongly echoes his father's Judaea Capta denarius....
After checking asearch.info, it looks like one poppy variant was struck for every twenty non poppy versions. Perhaps the modius with poppies was...
Here are a few Eastern Flavian clasped hands. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.48g Ephesus (?) mint, 76 AD RIC 1475 (R). BMC 490. RSC 163a. RPC...
If I am not mistaken, the poppy was used quite frequently in the Greco-Roman world for medicinal purposes. Pliny the Elder discusses opium in...
... unless you're not into minutiae! [ATTACH] I think I finally finished my mini modius collection. A few weeks ago I found a rare Vespasian...
Wonderful coin and excellent write-up!
Fourrées were meant to fool people, whether struck officially or unofficially.
So great in fact, my phone had to repeat it 3 times!
Great addition Jay. A rather lovely piece.
Very professional looking!
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