This is one of my favorite "emperor and standard" coins because it looks like a manga cartoon! [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon...
Here's one of my favorite Caracalla denarii. He looks like a real thug. [IMG] Caracalla AD 198-217. Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g, 19.7 mm. Rome mint,...
Fantastic coins, @Deacon Ray! I hope your 2022 treats you just as kindly.
You might be interested in this thread from last year about Pisidian Antioch and Mên. I have a couple of coins depicting the god from different...
Venues: biddr, V Coins, and individual dealers' websites.
I've noticed several coins this year from the so-called "Crescent collection" being sold by CNG in their E-auctions. The coins range from Greek to...
[ATTACH] More than twice the 125,000 CHF starting price!!!
Livia Drusilla, the WIFE of Augustus, was adopted in his will into the Julii family and was given the lofty title of Augusta, the first woman to...
That's lovely, @Spaniard! Very nice. Being of a limited budget, my Domitia coins are all provincial bronzes. This is the nicest -- a twofer with...
I love all these dancing animals!!! (And their corresponding coins, of course!)
BTW, where is @Romancollector? I haven't seen him around lately.
Wow!!! You've come a long way in a year! Coin-gratulations on your anniversary!
Thanks for letting me know! I've been out of touch with popular music since the Lindy Hop, you know! ;)
Here's "eternal Rome" enthroned, as usual: [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.56 g, 21.1 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 4th...
Interestingly, an example of this coin was up for auction at today's Savoca Blue and it is an obverse die match to my coin (and maybe a reverse...
This is an old coin. In fact, it was the first sestertius I ever purchased -- from a brick and mortar coin shop perhaps thirty years ago. I lost...
My first sestertius! It started a lifelong Faustina fascination. I love the smooth black patina on this one! [IMG] Faustina Senior, AD 138-141....
"The five good emperors" is a standard term in popular works of history, especially Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the...
Fantastic group of denarii, @Deacon Ray! I'm glad you were able to reconstitute that mini-set! I really like that Antoninus Pius. Here's a Pius...
Wow!! Fantastic provenance-hunting!
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