For me it's simply not something to be understood. Just for fun I watched 2 separate auctions yesterday. I really cannot predict the accurate...
Good decision for choosing Trajan. In my first lot of ancients (October 2020) in the bulk lot of "Roman bronzes" - inadequately described as...
One of my favorite Denarii (the coin is excellent in hand, but the auction house pics are terrible and my photographic skills are even more...
Fantastic. Is there a way, in theory, to straighten it without damage?
Those 2 examples shown by @zumbly are the most elaborate Damnatio Memoriae examples I have ever seen.
[ATTACH] Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. AR denarius RIC 173, AD 222-228 Obverse Legend: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG Type: Bust of Severus...
@Iepto you are absolutely correct.
Severus Alexander? https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10239
I'm sure ancient people were not idiots. The percentage of illiterate people was greater than today, but the scholars and the intellectuals, in...
@DonnaML congratulations for you collection and thank you for all the valuable and documented information you provide in your posts. I posted...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is the same coin but different light. Thanks for the links, I will try to see if I find something related to mine.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have this Augustus As for a while [ATTACH] Poor condition but I managed to attribute it without issues...
Possibly Pertinax RIC 8 ? http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.pert.8 Edit - beard style doesn't match Pertinax though...
Can I visit you for a few days, @galba68 ? I am a great cook and I can play guitar. Joking of course. Really jealous on you, I am active on this...
[ATTACH] Constantius I, as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Treveri, AD 298-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate bust left / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius,...
No Caesar for me, at least not yet. Congratulations, exceptional coin. But being relatively new in ancients, I agree - prices are going way up....
[ATTACH] 2Pac, acting gangsta since 2nd century BC Aeolis, Aigai Æ12. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of...
How about a jester hat? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Sardeis. Antiochos I Soter 281-261 BC. Bronze Æ 13 mm., 2,62 g. Bust of Athena...
[ATTACH] Dupondius, 27 mm 12 g RIC III Antoninus Pius 1020 From Date: AD 158 To Date: AD 159 Legend: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII Type: Head...
Well, perhaps the temptation is not big enough yet. I had a similar experience back in 2015, I got two 4th century bronzes, one being a FTR. I...
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