Wow - some nice coins :D I have a Port of Ostia sestertius, but it's a grim sight - this as (RIC 220) is much nicer: [IMG] I've seen a few...
One to be prowd of... :p
They arrived today: [IMG] RRC 196/1 as (star) RRC 428/3 denarius (Cassia 7) RIC 253 denarius (Augustus) Very happy with them :) ATB, Aidan.
Found it, though the obverse legend wasn't at all obvious for me!
I have lots of hobbies too - astronomy (a Celestar 8 on an AS-GT mount and an ED-80, neither has been outside in ages), computers, electronics (4...
Here are a few. This Otho denarius (RIC 2) was used in a metallurgical study of the coins of Otho and has a tiny hole drilled into the edge - not...
Thanks for link - nice write-up. I did manage to buy one of Andrew's coins in that sale, but not that one. ATB, Aidan.
We're not well-served by coin shops, it has to be admitted. I visited Szauer's twice that I can recall, as a kid in the 1970s or early 1980s - I...
Hi Ken, There are effectively no coin shops now :( There are a few dealers who come to the coin shows and one who has more of a stall than a...
I'm waiting for 3 coins from the latest Naville auction - post from the UK to Ireland is pretty fast, so I should get them a couple of days after...
I got a bit carried away - hard to know when to stop :D Here's a useful hand-held Victory (Crawford 494/37): [IMG] A voluptuous Victory probably...
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They're nice alright and quite different from the later coins of the Empire - Octavian is depicted as a god more like the Lysimachos tetradrachm...
Interesting book, thanks for pic. I have 6 others on those pages, in varying conditions: RIC 251: [IMG] RIC 254b: [IMG] RIC 267: [IMG]...
Hehe - I'll suffer on with it, scratches and all :D
This one I like - RIC 252. Close up, it doesn't look so nice :D [IMG]
RIC 252
Here's a new style Athens tetradrachm with a cicada: [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
Thanks, chrsmat71! ATB, Aidan.
Here are a few left-facing Romans of mine :) Octavian/Augustus: [IMG] Claudius: [IMG] Nero: [IMG] Nero again: [IMG] Philip I - a bit...
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