I'm reading this thread because I couldn't get to work this morning. My neighbor sold my car during the night.
I won this "sestertius" in an Oblos auction about a few years ago. A number of months later I saw the exact same coin down to every nick and...
These are all so fantastic. I love the Titus elephant denarius. As for your budget, I would bet it's a tradition that most of us collectors blow...
That is really nice David. I had forgotten all about these neat coins and I love this period of history.
That is a very beautiful coin. It reminds me of Robert Graves' "I Claudius", the scene when the dying Livia makes Claudius promise to make her a...
WOW, that's really, really, really nice! The coins are nice too.
I think you did very well for yourself for your first buy. You will soon be giving us advice!
Beautiful coin! It's amazing to think that these were made when Rome was first struggling with Carthage. some of my wheels series... quad. , quad....
My Medusae ... all RR denarii - Plautius... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Blasphemy!!!
[ATTACH] next coin a Saecularis
Antonia minor - daughter of Mark Antony - wife of Drusus, mother of Emperor Claudius and Germanicus. [ATTACH] next.. one of her grandchildren...
I love these pieces. They are crude and not very elegant, but they are massive and in an intriguing way seem appropriate for the times. Rome was...
I think we sometimes get the impression that Latin was universally spoken the same way throughout the empire. This was most certainly not the case...
Beautiful coins Orfew - esp. the denarius of Vespasian with victory holding caduceus . I have this denarius as well minted during the civil war -...
AD LXVIIII, year of the IIII emperors....[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This As of Nero, reverse of him playing the lyre, famously recalls this emperor's predilections to the arts, and his participation in artistic,...
In my opinion, bronzes of Vespasian are second only to Nero. They are impressive and well rendered. His portraiture morphs from a strong , heroic...
My Titus Ar. denarius lefty.[ATTACH]
my As, dolphin , and scallops in that order. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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