The sharpness of the numerous small pits inclines me to believe that the coin is authentic.
@Roman Collector A nice Annia Faustina! It is certainly ex Lindgren as you state, but von Aulock apparently never owned a specimen of this coin....
I like the two inner columns of the temple, obviously indicating the two back columns of a round temple. See Dressel, Berlin Medallions,...
Another specimen of the left-facing Faustina denarius is in Vienna according to Strack 394. Cohen's specimen (Fontana Sale) is correctly...
@BlakeDavis Blake, Yours seems to be the eighth spec. known to me, all coming from one obv. and three rev. dies: Rev. 1, BMC 747A, Berlin,...
Rare with aegis on emperor's shoulder and behind neck: Woytek 279cC (4 spec.) or 279e (3 spec.).
Sear in his new multi-volume Roman Coins: "History records nothing of the life of Magnia Urbica, though the numismatic evidence makes it clear...
The double break in the obv. legend is unusual, FAVSTINAE - AVG - PII AVG FIL.
Andrew, A splendid collection of older works! However I'm surprised to read, "Eckhel adds little on Roman coins so Pellerin is much better."...
I agree with "behind". It would be difficult and awkward for two clasped hands to be actually "holding" a standard.
For my discovery that Macrinus' coins dated TR P II COS followed rather than preceded those dated TR P II COS II, see my article on the Roman...
Victor, There were often two chief magistrates of colonies, therefore called duoviri (IIviri), but sometimes there were four, called quattuorviri...
I agree that Pete's coin looks more convincing in the second photo, which brings up the possibility that it might be the original from which the...
Nick, That was my original thought, which I changed after having the idea that the Paris dupondius is probably ancient and untooled. In that case...
Thanks. That simple operation makes the comparison much easier! Upon renewed inspection the two coins still qualify in my eyes as very probably...
@Ricardo123 If two ancient coins are identical in every detail, as I think may well be the case with the BM's and PeteB's examples, then we can...
Warren, Don't know what could be going wrong! Aestimare's first link above takes me right to the Paris coin. Curtis
@dougsmit Doug, I overlooked "modern forgery" in the French text, but think that declaration is pretty much worthless. Doubtless the author was...
Doug, Your first coin: A rare Eastern rev. type. I have one from the same obv. die but a different rev. die, acquired from Pagane on Yahoo in...
@Ancient Aussie You were joking, I presume, that you let a coin flip decide between your purchase of a coin priced at $145,000 and another worth...
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