Very nice new Otacilia, Ken! Like ACH's above, a squared-off Volusian Sestertius: [IMG] Volusian, Ruled 251-253 AD AE Sestertius, Struck early...
Resurrecting an old thread to share these two near-matching (don't look like exact die matches though) coins I picked up a few weeks ago....
I'd start by giving it a simple week long soak in distilled water and a brushing to see what happens after that. Edit: the green doesn't look...
Thank you sooo much, Sev, for this post! It was SOOO unexpected and equally SOOO touching of you! :oops::) I knew I forgot something!! :jawdrop:...
Really nice, Andrew!! I still need to get a Domitian in silver. I have a couple (worn) of his pop. I really like that she's on a prow rather than...
Looks like Ira & Larry Goldberg worked at Superior Stamp & Coin Company 1994-1998... Not sure if that is where "Superior Coins" is referring to...
Awesome, @Nathan401! I really like this one (and the other Alex tets) when you posted them! Here is a Gallienus tet I just got last week and...
I like it, @Alegandron!!! I bought mine having no clue what it was until it was delivered. I had a doggone hard time finding similar ones to...
I had regularly been picking up coins from this old collection, all of which were Roman Egypt, except this one, and I couldn't pass it up. [IMG]...
Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any comments condemning your specific coin, just comments about the auction house. Only thing I saw...
That hand always reminds me of a certain green fellow's hands. [ATTACH]
Very nice, @ominus1!! I like the Clementia Temp types. Here is a humble one: [IMG] Probus, AE Antoninianus, Struck 276-282 AD, Antioch Mint...
[ATTACH] Corinthia, Corinth Divus Augustus, Struck by Tiberius A.D. 32-33 AD L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo, magistrates Obverse:...
[IMG] Philip II (as Caesar) under Philip I the Arab, Ruled 244-249 AD AE As, Struck 244-246 AD, Rome mint Obverse: M IVL PHILIPPVS CEAS (rather...
There's a lot of resemblance in my eyes to his son Domitian. Nice pick up, Andrew!
The fabric and all other parts of the coin (other than the filed areas) look ok to me. Could it simply have been done in antiquity when someone...
There are a few with this type of reverse, but Venus is holding a helmet, not hand raised:...
That left side does a look a little funky. The ILUIA serifs are rather pointy and the other letters on obv and rev appear more rounded and chunky....
[IMG] Caracalla, Ruled 198-217 AD AR Denarius, Struck 212 AD Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, head of Caracalla, laureate, right. Reverse: P M...
Beautiful couple of new veiled coins you got there, RC!!
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