Today marks the first day of the seven-day celebration of Saturn, Saturnalia!!! As you know, many of us here participate in the annual Secret...
TGIFF!!! [IMG] And [IMG] While I was at work yesterday, Mrs. Collector signed for a mysterious package that arrived by registered mail from...
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!!!! [IMG]
Interesting addition, @David Atherton! Here's a seated Securitas. [IMG] Geta as Caesar, AD 198-209. AR denarius, 3.24 gm, 18.3 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD...
Wow!!! Not an easy coin to acquire!! I still don't own a Didius Julianus!
Fantastic acquisitions for your coin cabinet, @Spaniard! I don't know where to begin! Some favs include the Macrianus, the Domitia provincial, the...
Outstanding additions to your numophylacium, @benhur767! You are justifiably proud of all of them! My favorites were the Eastern mint Maesa, the...
Well then, what could be more fitting for this thread than a coin that used to be in @Bing's collection? [IMG] Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman Æ...
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Woohoo! Antonine women FTW!!
You probably could after you imported it from the Unicode Greek inputter.
Here is how to write Greek in unicode.
Looks like you had fun, @Harry G! That's a popular reverse type for Gallienus. Here's the same reverse iconography (and left-facing radiate bust),...
Very attractive Byzantines! I wish I knew more about them. Why wait?
The omega clenches the deal for me. The engraver intended it to be for Elagabalus; there is no omega in Severus Alexander. I interpret it as a...
How to choose three favorites from these 10 stunners! They are all historically important. Like everyone, I chose the Sextus Pompey. I also gave...
Wow! All of them are marvelous! I like the Trajan dupondius; it has a lovely patina and it's well-struck, well-centered, and well-preserved. Of...
Eye-popping coins, all of them!!! But my favorite is the personification of the moon on the dirhem of Nasir al-Din Mahmud.
My favorite reverse types are those that depict Faustina and Marcus' growing family: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[MEDIA] Here's a upward-looking, bug-eyed Constantinopolis for you! [IMG] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon centenionalis, 2.22 g, 17.8...
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