[IMG] My latest Roman coin - Antoninus Pius denarius ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III Laureate head right ANNO NA AVG (Annona, Roman...
I just bought a coin (denarius) of Caracalla on Ebay last night! Also a coin of the real Antoninius Pius recently. Both for around $30 US.
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This link has lots of examples of Roman coins. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/
What is "Hutt River Province"?
The Wildwinds data base is great but not complete. I couldn't find this exact coin in it. I don't know if the direction the eagle is facing is...
Pretty neat coin! I found the Ebay listing of the above coin which states that it is listed in Prieur as number 255. Here is a description of...
I saw a couple of the new US $10 bills and they reminded me of the old "gold notes".
I have a chopmarked 1903-S Philippine Peso. So apparently the practice of "chopping" lasted into the 20th century.
Liege (Luttich, Leodicum) Bishopric (Belgium, Low Countries) Johann Theodor von Bayern, Bishop, 1744-63 Copper 2 L (Liards) 17?1 (Must be...
Septimius Severus Some consider him responsible for the Fall of Rome. Gibbon ("Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire") blamed Severus for...
Or how about "Bad Boys of Rome"? (Caligula, Elagabalus, Commodus...)
When I see that design, I keep thinking of the 1960 movie "The Misfits" where Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift round up wild horses in Nevada for...
I remember reading that there was a "price list" found in Pompey which stated that a denarius would buy a girl for one night.
Christopher Plummer played Commodus in the 1964 film "The Fall of the Roman Empire", which is probably the best of the 1950's-1960's Roman...
I bought this Pillar Dollar because it was 200 years old when I was born. [IMG]
He takes Bidpay which has gone out of business. I wonder what the Chinese printing on the slab means in English?
Looks like this item has been pulled off of Ebay prematurely by the seller. For details of these coins see my article: Article I found the...
The Cheney shooting did not inspire this listing as the seller listed the coin before around January 22 and it didn't sell. By the way, the...
My favorite Ebay item description "LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE FLIPED IT IN THE AIR AND SHOT A SHOTGUN AT IT STILL IN EXECELENT CONDITION"...
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