Interesting question...my modest example exhibits neither---- although it's also from the Trier mint. I'm sure Doug, Val or the others can answer...
Another gorgeous AU @panzerman !!! We're all a bit green with envy---at least I definitely feel a tad jealous:)
Absolutely wonderful set 'Q' !!!!
Cool OP coin and wonderful posts!! My 'M Cato' quinarius, Rome mint, 89 BC; Liber and seated Victory: [ATTACH]
Another cool coin 'Z' !!!! If I saw it I might have 'impulsively' bid as well......especially since I seem to lack any of that 'type'.
Wonderful posts!!! I lack a posthumous coin, but I'll add this sestertius for variety: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
CONGRATS RO !!! WOW, What an absolute beauty!! I love everything about it!! I'd happily add it to my collection! Wanna sell it???:)
LOVE the posts!!! This denarius is my most recent purchase of Caracalla-----the more sinister version:[ATTACH]
Frankly, I haven't any idea what I'm looking at.....although the reverse seems to suggest a crude elephant???
Welcome @noname....it seems you are off to a nice start. When i was your age, pennies were about all I collected....and a few baseball cards:)
I think that's a nice deal for $20.00 total. Especially when one considers they are 2,000 year old Roman Republic denarii with some remaining...
WONDERFUL POSTS!!! I agree 'Z', I think your OP denarius is lovely as well and for some reason I find that arrow amusing too LOL I'm still...
Yep, it is fun to collect that way....it adds such an interesting contrast.....and that redefined Nerva As to a Dupondius is still one I was...
'Noob', That's a cool mix!!!---It makes me want to re-enter that particular area again!
Both are gorgeous!!! And, I don't think I have a single 'Didrachm'.
That's a terrific example 'Z' !!!! Congrats!!! That 'head' actually does look like a 'Gallic' barbarian...."delightfully gruesome" as @chrsmat71 said.
At first glance I wasn't particularly interested in another of this 'type', but a closer look indicated some 'variants' that I found...
I Love your OP post!!! Definitely a gold coin type I would love to own....I guess I caught a bit of 'gold fever' from my barbaric German...
@vespasian70 Thanks for the further clarification and the kind words !!!:)
You may very well be correct.....Since I have yet to run across an example of an AS with the standards, but they seem readily available as a...
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