Great pic of "Boxer at Rest". I will put it on my must see list for a trip to Rome, one day.... For now I will have to settle for a period hand...
I like Galba's portraits. He looks like a real man's man. A retired boxer with a punched in nose.
I collect: Roman Republic - Most of my ancient coins fall in this bucket. The percent cast and struck bronze is increasing. Stories, like Cipius...
I won two lots in E81. I received an e-mail from BFI a couple of weeks ago. They apologized for the delay. BFI is in the heart of Italy's corona...
Interesting links. The cup weights look different than my barrel weights. I thought cup weights were more recent (middle ages, and out of my area...
A recent purchase is a 2 ounce bronze weight with an inscription. The inscription is either V or C. I suspect the weight had other letters, but...
wonderful coin, congrats! PS - love the scales
My favorite is M.VOLTEI. It has snakes and a plumb bob. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Where did you find it? I think that a piece like yours with a find spot is better than the piece by itself. Cast bronze was used as money in Italy...
I like your coin list and family pic. Katie helped me take pics of two 2 dot pieces of cast bronze this morning. [ATTACH]
Wonderful coin LM, thanks for sharing. I am not a big fan of grading ancient coins, but since you asked I voted 8. I would give your obverse a...
Nice coin. The write up looks good to me. I will find mine and post it. I bought one of these from Elsen a few years back. You can see a sickle on...
yes I collect Roman Republican coins, cast bronze from Italy that could have been money and Roman scale weights. I have concentrated on cast...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought a prow left Sextans in the NAC auction May 25, 2020. It is the 3rd prow left coin I have bought in less than...
I have had good luck with their e-auctions. My last lot was 4 cut coins, including the top of Nero's head. I thought the price was a bargin....
great coin, thanks for sharing. Your coin gives meaning to the saying - a face only a mother could love. [MEDIA]
wow, nice coin. I'm no help, but glad to oogle a bit.
There is some primary info on coins and some from much later. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Brutus tells us that the Romans were freed...
Interesting find Rob. There are plenty of articles that are not worth the paper they are written on. A Wikipedia page is pretty thin. On line...
Interesting coin Aidan. It looks like it circulated for a while. I wonder how long it circulated after his death.
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