Nice examples. Here is a cruddy, but unusual sestertius from Commodus, with Janus standing in a shrine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Commodus Æ...
That is pretty much my interpretation of what there is to see, Irbguy - even in hand, it isn't much clearer than that. As for bronze...really,...
Oh, I am not sure about that reverse legend at all - I've stared at the pits, and vague blobs that might be letters until my eyeballs fell out...
Hmmmm. It could be a rudder. That "scepter" might be wider at the base - the pitting is so bad it is hard to tell. If it is a rudder, does the...
Thank you RC for taking so much time & effort into my cruddy little as. I am really having trouble getting a good photo of the reverse - my...
Thanks, Irbguy - I appreciate the assistance!
I understand the veiled portrait difference. What puzzled me initially was the difference between the obverse legends - AVGVSTA or no-AVGVSTA....
Not to fill this thread up with my junk...but I am interested in this topic. Primarily because I am always surprised the difficulties I encounter...
Such fine examples of Severus' coinage - there is something exceptional about his portraits so often. Looking at these made me think about my own...
I love that coin! Marsyas and countermarks - two of my favorite things. At the risk of cutting in line on TIF - she has these same (similar?)...
Not to reply to my own post, but I see Roman Collector had a very thorough exploration of this type last year, including the DIVAE variation...
An interesting discussion - I have no informed opinion about this, I just have a similar coin to the original post. I got it a few years ago when...
Thanks for sharing that - I am always interested in archaeological finds in Rome.
Maybe I have an inferiority complex, but really nice coins make me nervous on those rare occasions one comes my way. I'm always afraid I'm going...
Great write-up, Jochen. That is indeed a complicated mythology - it's as if these guys were just making stuff up!
Some of Septimius Severus' portraiture is masterful - nice examples on this post. I have a few circulated ones - [ATTACH]
You folks have some great numismatic libraries. Mine is pretty meagre, but I did luck into some bound British Numismatic Journals 1903-1917 a...
I got an ugly one similar to the OP - Jupiter on the reverse. It has been stripped of its patina (I assume). If my attribution is correct, it...
Great post - I really like ordinary stuff. I've been accumulating low grade sestertii lately - here are a few of the $20ish finds. All three...
Nice overstrike. I really like collecting these - they can be had fairly inexpensively, and sometimes with a little work, you can figure out the...
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