@Mat you are quite correct, the majority are good looking. My problem is I only order from VCoins dealers in Spain, and they are virtually bought...
Been waiting for a Tacitus with a good portrait and well centred for just over a year. I finally have one, delivered this morning. TACITUS...
It is damage caused by the roll wrapping machine.
The first 12 Julius Caesar Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespassian Titus Domitian
A quick way is to look at the edge. Processed coins have the edge plated as well. An unplated, original coin will show the edge in its natural...
^^^^ nice selection , thanks for sharing. Some wonderful reverses there.
We can move forward in time, still with an elephant as the focus, as the reverse of an uncommon issue from Antoninus Pius. The celebrations of...
Thanks. A Julia Mamaea is probably next.
I would be grateful if anyone knows of the story of this reverse, and is prepared to share it. Septimius Severus AR Denarius, Rome 207 AD. 20mm,...
Good write up, nice imagery and an interesting coin. Thanks for sharing.
The mix up with the tags is quite amusing. And a nice selection you have shown.
@Curtis I too wondered the same. The SPQR Collection consists of all slabbed coins, and I have only seen them in auctions by VCoins dealer Parr´s...
And number 4 ROMAN EMPIRE, Geta, as Caesar. 209-215 AD. AR Denarius.. Rome, AD 200-202. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed...
Number 3 Julia Domna Denarius. Rome, 215-7 AD. 19.8mm, 3.12gr. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left, holding...
Number 2 Septimius Severus AR Denarius, Rome 207 AD. 20mm, 3.31gr. RIC 207, RSC 493, BMC 531 SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV...
First of four to arrive today. Lysimachos, Kingdom of Thrace, AE 20mm, 5.20 gr. Generous flan. Lysimachia mint. 305-281 BC. Helmeted head of...
I completed it today when Geta, Mum and Dad were delivered. Geta is in a slab though and cant decide whether to free him. [ATTACH] Feel free to...
The reason a lot of ancients collectors use it is precisiely because the British Museum use it for their copper/bronze coins with no adverse...
Very clever. I wouldn´t have spotted the link if you hadn´t attached the close ups. Well done
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