Yep, an obverse die match!
Imprisoned: [IMG] Free! [ATTACH] Next: more slab-cracking!
It is a denarius of Hadrian. Its obverse probably reads IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG and its reverse features Pietas seated with the...
The best way to do this, I think, would be to take "junk silver" quarters and convince people that, at 6.25 g of decent silver, each was worth two...
Aren't we on "altar"??
I'm so happy the kids like their newest acquisitions!
Then there's the New Edition! [MEDIA]
Probably rejoicing in some naval victory.
1. Lucius Verus. 2. Vespasian or Titus 3. Nero 4. Nerva.
I think it's the light reflecting off the surface on which the coin rests.
There is disagreement about the identity of the small reverse figure in Roma's hand among the standard references. Cohen, RIC, MIR, and Sear...
[IMG] TGIFF, everybody! Today we're going to talk about Laetitia. There are many words in Latin for "happiness" which appear on Roman coins....
This one came with an old envelope similar in shape but I don't think the handwriting is the same. The collector obviously didn't know what...
A tune for St. Patrick's Day: [MEDIA] And a green patina! [ATTACH]
This is a new addition to my numophylacium, acquired from @John Anthony's Vcoins store. I didn't know much about these imitation or unofficial...
"Jug" is another reasonable term for the vessel depicted on the coins.
I don't think that's a trident, but a tripod lebes. I'd try searching Kore or Soteira and tripod or lebes.
I love to specialize in the coinage of Faustina I ... [IMG] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman Æ as or dupondius, 9.30 g, 25.6 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD...
Kyme (also Cyme or Kymi) is one of the old Aeolic towns mentioned by Herodotus, and Strabo refers to it as the largest of the Aeolian cities,[1]...
Severus Alexander and his family in sestertii: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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