That's my understanding as well. Augustus gave his men land to settle and this represents them.
Mikey, Yours is the one with the teeth on top of the jaw. That's the one I want. The engraver must have had a bit too much vino.
David, I was only there a half hour before and it wasn't there yet. It's just a matter of luck I'm sure.
Nice coins everyone. I love the fact that it does such a great job telling it's story. I can see where it was good propaganda at the time. I also...
I have been wanting one of these for quite some time. It must have just been listed on VCOINS a few minutes ago and I snapped it up. I it has very...
Elagabalus is an interesting subject. National Geographic History magazine had a good article about him in the March/April 2016 issue. He was a...
I just got a nice Antoninus Pius sestertius in the mail today from Mr. Ken Dorney. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P - Laureate head right Rev....
I tentatively attributed as Sear 5562 as well. I am building my reference collection and plan to get the volume of RIC that covers adoptives. I...
Doug, The legend is indeed AVG FEL. It's difficult to get a very good picture with my current setup but and it's hard to see the complete legend...
Of all these beautiful Hadrian coins posted I counted only 4 facing to the left. Those left facing travel series coins must be particularly scarce.
Steve, I very much appreciate the information. Maybe I have too much time on my hands since I retired.
Steve, I'm certainly well into the weight range of a dupondius. I will try to get a picture in a little while. I always like pictures too. I was...
I was just attributing a couple of coins that I have had for a couple of weeks. One is a Commodus AE as Augustus with a IVVENTVS reverse. It's a...
As the OP it was not my intention for it to go in this direction. All the constructive conversation is much appreciated.
I love all these Hadrian coins. He is one of my favorite collecting subjects. Here are a couple of mine. Two denarius and a sestertius. I will...
I appreciate the fact that most don't mind the posts. From now on I will try to describe what I see as a possible problem or problems with the...
I was just on ebay a bit ago looking for bad coins. I came across a Vespasian sestertius from a seller in China of all places. Of course that's a...
I will try not to abuse the privilege. I have a couple of Octavian/Augustus denarius that I'm curious about but I will wait until I have my copy...
Are most people OK with the threads asking if a coin is real? I have only done this a couple of times because I don't want to abuse the kindness...
A difficult lesson but one worth having. I wish I had somebody in my area to take it and a couple other coins to for an expert opinion but the...
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