Congrats 'Q', it's been a real pleasure sharing the 'dark-side' with you---and the rest of the 'whacko's' on CTo_O:p:D
Once again, I will 'one up' Bing---I LOVE them both!!! But especially that Allectus, dhill :D
Well, it seems those owning or otherwise familiar with 'Greeks' have the answer---A MAN-faced Sphinx and a Winged Lion, reverse and obverse...
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'Whiz' That's a gorgeous coin!!! Far out of my reach, of course. LOL.....That certainly would be an unexpected sight...LOL a Widow's Mite
Just for fun, I am posting this coin for those not otherwise occupied until tomorrow's football games... It's a gold 1/6 stater of Lesbos,...
Even with my glasses on, I find it a bit too dark to be sure who that is?? Are we expected to guess?? Ivstitia? and what's on the obverse/flip...
WOW, those are absolutely amazing sculptures----incredibly lifelike!! Are they displayed in a museum in Rome?? Elsewhere in Italy ??
The flips seem to say XF, so I'm sure it's a very nice example..... I have two coin types of Caracalla if I 'recall correctly' (at my age that's...
Thanks for the effort Bing. Perhaps I'll hear from Forum with some clue to what it means---if anything LOL
Exactly right Bing---but Forum doesn't elaborate on it...Does it mean a special control mark or what?? Or is it some kind of denomination mark?...
I mentioned I needed to upgrade my modest examples of Augustus and so I just did---the well-known bust of Augustus with the Caius and Lucius...
It's almost impossible to spot without having a reason to suspect otherwise....and only after knowing it was a fake could I definitely say the...
Exactly Bing, that's my problem too!!! LOL
I must admit, I never tire of seeing all those that the 'gang' has collected and posted here and on every other thread.....
I might as well post a Claudius and a Nero example before I go off-line: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My Galba, Otho and Vitellius examples (as you can see we all have 'coins' of various grades): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice examples of Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula !!!! I still need to upgrade my 'poor' example of Augustus, but I have a few decent...
Most of us have some example of the 12 Caesars and not all are high grade....the cost can be somewhat prohibitive in that regard, especially those...
It looks ok to me too, but the seller later id'ed it as a composition: Silver and a sestertius (33 mm). He also contacted me and acknowledged the...
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