I wonder if certain batches of metal for groups of coins differed across the rule of an empire? Maybe silver-lean times dipped their contents a...
Happy Birthday, James!!! And congrats on achieving your goals! In your honor, I'm grateful to be able to have an Ex @jamesicus in my collection......
Nice, Ken!! I'm really impressed with the relief of the Salonina! Especially behind her head! Mine is the same way... [IMG] Cornelia Salonina,...
Very nice little theme, @Ryro!! I don't have many (do I even have more than 1)? [IMG] Uncertain, Caria AR Tetartemorion, Circa 500-450 BC...
Entry post A couple recent coins that I have yet to post here... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thanks, LordM & partners! 1, 9, 8, etc, etc
Wow, big time congrats to you, @Clavdivs!!! I too am a fan of AE, especially the big and chunky type, and you picked up a gem! I'm totally jealous...
Great new coin and wonderfully detailed hair! Congrats! [IMG] Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius, Struck 145-161 AD, Rome mint...
Very nice, Warren and David! [IMG] Alexius I Comnenus, Ruled 1081-1118 AD AE Class K Anonymous Follis Constantinople Mint, 1085-1092 AD...
I like that the horse, er... Dobbin is in motion, parading around and the like! Sweet name too! I have named any of mine (yet :shy:). Here's mine...
... Complete with its own island!
Very beautiful! Like the others above, this era and location in history and the coins connected are an interest of mine! [IMG] Zeugitania,...
If have to agree. I was doing some research last night around this coin and topic and was thinking it was either a 1 or 2 real cut down to cob...
And it's a very minimal/cheap way to learn from the experience.
Do you mean the Imperial sestertii from his travels? They are typically much heavier, at around 25-27g, and the motif on the reverse of the...
I'm not too familiar with those, but you might check out Mark Breitsprecher at mrbcoins.com... Mark is great!
Could it be this one with the date L ENΔEK A TOY around? [IMG] https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3307861 I feel like I can maybe see...
Hmmm... I was wondering where the FRI was and I assumed it was in exergue.
[IMG] Syracuse, Sicily Hiketas II, Ruled 287-278 BC AE Litra, Struck circa 230-218/5 BC Obverse: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛANIOY, youthful laureate head of Zeus...
I'd think so too... Year 7.
I'm thinking it's Nilus reclining holding a Reed, Emmett 1013 or 1014, like this one: [IMG] https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3222830 Or...
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