Incredible Antony aureus, and incredible coins that you are culling - I don't think I could part with a single one of those! This was one of the...
I generally go for nice examples for my collection, but a worn coin will do in a pinch, or for when I want a coin that has some character....
2 - Khusro I 1, 3, 5, 6 - Hormizd IV 4, 7 - Khusro II Dates and legends look to be mostly legible - you can probably fully ID here:...
Definitely Commodus, can't make out the reverse, though... some sort of cippus or column?
Antoninus Pius with grandchildren Lucilla(?) And Aelius(?)[ATTACH] Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, with babies! (I forget which these are)...
Thanks! Gotta break it up into two because there's a lot more than 10... Plotina, wife of Trajan (Gordos-Julia because imperial Plotinas are...
Beautiful coins! I loved the Hadrian, but I had to vote for that Aelius (hard to find them that nice!) and of course the Commodus as HERCVLI...
Probably not the first - I believe the 'Heraios' type was earlier, either an early name of Kujula, or else his father etc. I only have an obol:...
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Early/proto-Kushan, Kujula Kadphises AE "drachm" - mine was attributed as mint in Chach [ATTACH]
Anyone remember that coin stash from a few years ago that was theorized to be a payroll sack that was stolen, buried, and never retrieved? I bet...
You know what this calls for? A spread photo! Presenting the Augustus Posse: [ATTACH] Ten of the emperor's family and closest allies to appear...
Thanks! You know, I've been grappling with that same impulse since I won it. On one hand, I'm unlikely to ever own one again if I do sell it. On...
It took unusually long for a FedEx delivery (and almost gave me a heart attack when it came up as "delivered" when it was returned to Themis for...
Besides the obvious crossed/uncrossed legs, how are Alexander coins determined to be either lifetime or posthumous? Just hoard evidence? Mine was...
Beautiful coins! A bearded early Octavian is high on my list, but I've been too busy for the past few years on the imperial series to really focus...
Very nice coin VK - I owned one of the type briefly but promptly sold it - I'm sure I have the pictures in my archives somewhere. Finding one in...
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Just making a joke :) The half life of Radium is actually 1600 years
Nice coins all! All of my coins of Livia are provincial, and only one comes from the time she was married to Augustus Pergamum, Mysia Livia...
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