My favorite - C.METELLVS, Cr269.1 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Pompeii left us plenty of looks into Roman life in 79 AD. One of the best exhibits I have seen in Houston was the Pompeii exhibit. They had a pile...
Small by RR bronze standards and hard for me to photograph - much better in hand. Litra and quarteruncia next to a cast semis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Finding interesting sub groups is fun. I like how cultures used different ways to show the same item on coins. I like anchors, some point up...
my favorite drink [ATTACH] and one of my favorite coins [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great find @galba68 ! My guess is you found small bronze decorative Athena or votive piece. I have a larger one, 9.5", that is a steelyard weight:...
How often do you run across an item in an auction that "has your name on it"? I have posted plumb bobs on RR coins and Roman plumb bobs here...
Looks like a to me too. I would add that the name on the coin is a junior official or moneyer. The Roman Republic did not allow living people on...
I agree with @Gavin Richardson that the sale price and value can be different. I think it is pretty neat to hold a centuries old coin. The coin...
The Romans used different scales to weigh coins and larger items. The pics below show two types: an equal arm balance - the scale on the left...
Like a lot of folks, I have spent many hours drooling over coin auctions in the last 5 months. In this time, I obtained the largest and smallest...
I like pic 1 better. I like using colors for my background. [ATTACH] My camera normally takes better pics. The examples shown above are...
Looks like you found a die match, thanks..... I think. The die may be a bit older than 10 years. I was aware the coin was is not from a known...
Nice T2C. I think the facing coins are interesting. I have a few large cast bronze coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I also have a large bronze...
congrats, nice coins, two guys I do not have
@AncientJoe that is an interesting design and a lot of heads on a small canvis. @octavius I think your coin is a hat trick: an aes grave, a foot...
For grins, my Hybrid, fourree Denarius pairs an obverse of M. Servilius, Cr. 327/1 with a reverse of L. Sentius, Cr. 325/1b. It was on my top 10...
I am impressed with your overlay photo. That is a great way to check die matches.
Interesting coin and quandary. I would go with 1. I would not be surprised to find a large issue denarius with mismatched dies. Is this your...
[ATTACH] There was an interesting Solidus weight in the auction from he collection of Simon Bendall. A couple of folks wanted this one. It sold...
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