Thanks, all and very nice coins. @Romancollector - the hammer price was much, much better than I was expecting - especially with the prices these...
I like coins honoring emperors. Managed to get 2. [ATTACH] Divus Antoninus Pius AD 161. Rome Denarius AR 16 mm, 2,74 g RIC III Marcus Aurelius...
Lovely green Domitians! I wasn't expecting that many! Mine is darker green (I hope it's not a fake patina) - closest is the one posted by @Andres2.
I was browsing through the items in an auction, trying to prepare a wish list. Skipped this coin 2-3 times. [ATTACH] Initially I thought it was a...
Haha, I corrected my attribution in my personal catalogue 30 seconds ago. Yep, V is visible, so it's either V or VI, but I think the legend has...
I didn't find an exact match either but I think the coin is from Sestos, possibly unpublished. The coin I found (sold very recently) is also...
This one is closer I think, the obol version...
Clear photos + me =/= love :) but I will keep trying the best I can. Thank you for your help, I appreciate it. Found other interesting coins in...
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@Ryro - this is the coin. Yep, the violin case I was able to spot made me raise an eyebrow, because there was another one in the same auction -...
Thanks @Marsyas Mike. Studying these low grades is quite fun! I can show the photo to all the audience :) [ATTACH] This was the only pic. From...
I posted these before, as threads with pigs keep returning on CT. But I am certainly not bothered, as it's one of my favorite menus ... ahem, I...
My pics are horrible. The legends are fully visible in hand, IMP ANTONINVS AVG LIBERTAS AVGVSTI Edit - just noticed your last part of the post,...
Inspired by our colleague @Marsyas Mike...
And also for Vespasian, like on my coin, ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ, but I wanted @johnmilton to see that the name is Verus "translated"
The fact that they were using a different alphabet doesn't help :) Here is my Vespasian hemidrachm from the same city, unfortunately legend is not...
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ = AUTOKR OUIROS SƐVASTOS Autokr (autocracy), OUIROS is the Greek name of Verus and ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ -...
I think you nailed it with the first coin. Congratulations for the patience to go through 107 pages. I am also expecting tomorrow my latest wins,...
[ATTACH] Otacilia Severa [IMG] Faustina II, was quite surprised when I found out that she was depicted on coins from Pius era [ATTACH] Artemis:...
The popular satyr [ATTACH] Islands off Thrace. Thasos circa 500-480 BC. Diobol AR 13 mm, 1,08 g THRACIA. Thasos. . Ca. 500-480 v. Chr. Av.:...
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