My rearranged photo of my Julia Mamea sestertius, with Tyche right-side up LOL [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Me too Doug.......I mean that's a COOL pig and I love unusual and different reverses instead of the usual RR chariots or the similar looking...
That's the attitude, Bing!! I'm really glad the seller came through for you...especially after all the time that has passed...
WOW!!! Steve, there goes ALL your wine money!! Fantastic posts guys!!!
I just google it and I was informed that it is 1/10 of a drachma...Now we both know LOL
Seems like 'willie' nailed it !!!
Point well taken!!!
I can just barely make out the obverse---and the depiction of horse(s), or a biga, on the reverse....which makes it seem like you have a match...
GREAT coins 'Q' and TIF!!!!!
Here's one of mine...a sestertius I picked up decades ago for about $20.00 Different reverse, but the usual 'someone standing there' type.... as...
Well Nemo, no silver examples here either...but I have one modest bronze coin that pales in comparison to those already posted.. Great coins...
Damn, I can't see the evidence of a 'cast fake' on that Claudius As---except the portrait seems a bit different than those I'm more familiar...
Terrific additions OKI !!! Somehow I missed this thread.... I think it's not instinct or impulse but COMPULSION!!! LOL I love the variety and...
Great coin and terrific web-site... Since I have been accumulating various Byzantine coins again---little by little--that easily accessible info...
Cast fakes??? I would never have guessed that Bing's denarius or the one posted by Doug were fakes--they DON"T seem 'off' to me.... But, the one...
Definitely the first Vespasian coin...You'll love it years from now, but the second would make you regret your choice almost immediately...
That's a real beauty!! I love it!!!
I won two other 'republican' denarii this afternoon, which will probably be about all my additions for this week or month. One is a 'Roma', but...
I'm not an expert on forgeries of any coin type, but something about that Nero denarius seems 'off' to me.....It's a popular type with the Vesta...
WOW, Terrific examples and some are beyond belief.... Currently, I still have only one Nero example---a Tet of Antioch....and the Silver finish...
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