To be honest, no one really knows what the reverse refers to. Mattingly in BMCRE II ascribes it to a victory in Britain, which makes more sense in...
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The devil is indeed in the details. If there are no shared obverse dies between the two types could that indicate separate officinae within the...
Excellent coin @Mat! I really love the obverse.
I forgot there was a nice Vespasian brockage in the auction. I hope it went to a good home!
Sensationalism is not what comes to mind when I think of Mary Beard. If anything she is a myth-buster. Someone who would call Beard a...
Her books are even better. Try SPQR first. It is a must read to see where modern scholarship is currently at.
My collection would be nonexistent if it depended on my billiard skills!
Awesome pedigree!
[ATTACH] NGC awaits.
I recently was able to acquire this really neat Vespasian tetradrachm. [ATTACH]Vespasian AR Tetradrachm, 12.17g Alexandria mint, 70-71 AD RPC...
Great looking coin Randy. Congrats!
Well worth the wait! Congrats!
And this is why I stay away from areas I know nothing about! The seller called them 'Library seals' or some such language, which I thought was...
Fantastic coin with a neat reverse!
Happy Anniversary @Bing! I love how you tied in Roman history with it.
Don't beat yourself up over being a 'hole filler'. If it makes you happy, go for it! What's important is that you love the coins in your...
Now, that is what I would call a gorgeous coin! Congrats!
The Byzantine Empire spanned two major historical eras, Late Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Early Byzantine coins can easily be...
Another rare BY mint mark variant! Unlisted in RIC II.1, it is 1422AA in the unpublished Addenda.
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