First off, Merry Christmas to all. I hope you are all having a jolly time. As for me, I've been eating too much and teasing my nephews about...
Very interesting. These imitations are really starting to grow on me. Hope it's okay if I throw in a non-Faustina, my only "barbaric lady" - a...
Here's a photo of my 1664 Poland version (eagle reverse): [ATTACH]
I think I have one of those, but I can't find a photo of it. Here is my attribution for the flip: Poland 1664 Æ...
That's my kind of RR denarius - I really like the banker's marks. They enhance a coin, I think.
That is one of the best pieces of coin jewelry I've seen - and I've collected mounted coins off and on for 20 years or so. You guys should...
A thought-provoking thread indeed. Like virtually everybody else, apparently, I collect in isolation, but so many years have gone be I am quite...
Look forward to the next 1000! Congratulations!
Here are two Victories of Maximinus Thrax. Both are RIC 67, but they have different portrait styles. Augustus Coins website is great on this...
I have a similar coin to the OP - but with a shorter obverse legend than the two posted by TIF - MAΞIMIANOC CEB. I think these shorties were from...
Hmm. Not sure this helps, but I have a "two goats contending" reverse but with Zeus on the obverse. I had a lot of trouble attributing it, and I...
Thanks for the info, Doug!
I really enjoyed your top 10 list, Doug, not only for the coins, but for the reason you sought them as well as your sometimes mixed feelings about...
Thanks Kevin, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I should've mentioned earlier that some of the book is available on Google books as a preview:...
Doug's comment is very interesting. My collection is pretty small, but I have an as of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, both of which are...
I haven't run across any barbarous radiates in the Sardis book, but an occasional antoninianus of Gallienus and Claudius II Gothicus were found....
I'm all over the place with what I collect. As I age and my eyesight gets worse, I tend to like the big ones. But then some of my favorites are...
That's a pretty good-looking and therefore dangerous forgery, I think. Which shows my lack of experience, I suppose. The slight split in the...
While researching the Byzantine bronzes that come my way, I kept coming across online references to the Byzantine shops at Sardis. Finally I...
[ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus Antonin. (251-253 A.D.) Mediolanum Mint (RIC) or Branch Mint, 5th Issue IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate bust...
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