I scrolled down really fast as a way to not see any guesses or answers yet... my guess it Faustina Sr. with Antoninus Pius. Edit: ok, nope......
Ladies of the Empire! I forgot I had this one... I dig her portrait too! [ATTACH] And I know I already posted this one recently, but it was...
Great Vespasian, David! The portrait on this Augustus from Philippi was what drew me in; that and the interesting reverse with Augustus and Julius...
Could it be just a slightly weak strike area in the bottom third? It does appear rather damning.
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I was thinking the same thing ... Brown varnish or something maybe? I wanted someone more experienced to chime in first... The coin looks good...
Agreed! I'm really enjoying seeing such a variety! I don't have a denarius of SS at the moment so here is a recent AE Antioch SS addition: [ATTACH]
I've got an AE from Teos with griffin/kantharos: [IMG] Can be viewed here: https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=407&l=398311
Thank you, Pete! Very fascinating!
I can only assume there is a connection here with Antioch coinage of the time... Does anyone have any more information about this?
Great topic! Here's one I got and posted about a couple months ago. I was enamored with the reverse (while the obverse leaves one desiring more) -...
Thanks! Yea, I was thinking it'd be months or it wouldn't come this clean at all. That is a great coin and deal! I would be happy with the...
This resonates with me... It's part of the fun and excitement of the hunt, especially when it's something you love. I record the price paid and...
You did a great job, however simple it was, in bringing out the detail, @TIF!
I suppose I should add the ID... Nero, 54-68 AD AE As, Struck 65 AD, Rome mint Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, Laureate head of Nero right....
Thank you all for the kind words! Edit: it looks like the last bit of my OP was attacked by autocorrect. "Have you had to do some cleaning of...
I think Butcher has a paper on Academia.edu about trying to decipher the Greek letters on the Antioch reverses (Gamma, Theta, Delta, Epsilon,...
I've recently been "perfecting" cleaning Eastern European uncleaned lots of LRBs. So a couple weeks ago when an uncleaned Nero As came up from a...
Sweet D, @Roman Collector! I love me some Antiochene coinage; My current collecting focus! Here's my recent, and first, Diadumenian from Antioch,...
First is Justin II Follis, year 4, 568/9, Constantinople mint. Second, Anonymous Follis, Class A. Last is Justin II Follis, year 7, 571/2,...
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