A wonderful collection of Severina portraits! Needless to say it's quite educational to see them all together like that.
A very nice example of they type. Congrats!
I can offer up this Judaea Capta type struck in Lyon (Lugdunum). [ATTACH]Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.10g Lyon mint, 71 AD RIC 1120 (C). BMC 388. RSC...
I was reading Paul Robert's Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum and came across the fresco and thought it would make an interesting topic...
Lol. A classic.
When I was a kid growing up in rural Northern Ohio my brother and I were paid a dollar a quart for picking black raspberries. An added reward was...
Correct. Luckily they weren't driving directions!
... and 2000 years later.
Periodically, the question is asked about which storage method is preferred. Why not go full on old school and store them the Roman way?...
The lack of any deposits incline me to believe the piece was toned after discovery in someone's collection over many years. Although, it is...
Thanks Andrew. I can attest they are as rare as hens' teeth!
I was extremely thrilled when this toned little beauty arrived last week! [ATTACH]Domitian AR Denarius, 3.43g Rome mint, 81 AD RIC 16 (R2). BMC -...
Fedex takes the fun out of all that. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a coin from a dealer in The Netherlands, shipped on Wednesday, received it...
ISC is a USPS international sorting facility. Packages arrive there first before being sent into customs ... which is where your coin is likely...
Very nice selection of Flavian denarii! A Mars, Colosseum type, and Minerva - what can be more 'Flavian' than those? As for references, Bing is...
Pretty low. [ATTACH]Domitian AR Denarius, 2.97g Rome mint, 88-89 AD RIC 662 (R2). BMC - . RSC - . Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERM P M TR P...
Certainly a Tribute Penny should be included!
IMHO, the most iconic affordable Flavian would be the Judaea Capta denarius struck for Vespasian at Rome. Certainly one should be included in a...
What a wonderful thread that celebrates the glories of the 'mundane'. Here's my contribution. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.21g Rome mint,...
I have several areas of focus/obsession within my speciality: 1. Early Vitellian portraits of Vespasian 2. The eagle on base denarii of Vespasian...
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