1, #2 looks like an anonymous Byzantine follis with a blunt nose.
Thanks for posting. My bucket list is long. A trip to Ostia, Hadrian's Palace, see a Roman aqueduct, Trajan's column, ... are on the list....
One early and one late RR - H and a lil Octavian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow! There are some great coins posted here. I like the history and artwork on these coins. I will go for a slightly different RR sestertius,...
I have a Julia Domna from The Three Graces ... by Mark Staal the first one is a plate coin, the second is a similar coin I bought later [ATTACH]...
My wife and I made another yarn and coin trip today. This one was to the other side of Houston, about 50 miles. I was not expecting to find much...
You should buy ancient coins, but I am biased that way. I bet you could get a few Roman Republican silver denarii that would knock your socks off....
We have talked about prices in the ancient world here often. I found a web page that gives an English translation of an edict on prices by...
I won a book and a coin at auction. These were not my first wins from NYINC auctions, but were my first in person wins!!! What fun. Just made it...
Nice! I have a half a coin with two caps - [ATTACH] Caps of the Dioscuri Æ As. Rome, 169-158 BC. Obv - Laureate head of Janus; above [l]. Rev -...
You can see the double strike in the second coin you posted. The cross is not symmetrical because part of the line was from a previous strike (I...
Nice coins @Seattlite86 . I like the double strikes on your JC coins. The coins were repurposed by later rulers.
Leave them together until you need to make a heads or tails coin flip.
I had my eye on an interesting RR coin in a recent auction. There was not much bidding until the last 12 hours, not surprising. I was hoping to...
Texas Gulf Coast snowman. [ATTACH] If you google the pic you will find other states making the same claim. @dougsmit - I agree with you, I am...
Roman Republican coins (in Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage) like - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] cast bronze from central Italy (in Italian Cast Coins...
Nice write-up S! Price and selection support your thought. I hope you are not right because I enjoy talking coins with the people I see at coin...
Sorry for the long list, but I could not separate the wheat from the chaff.
1. At the start of this year the top of wish list was a a currency bar with recognizable markings. I think I hit the mark with three Ramo Secco...
2. For a couple of years, I have looked for a RR coin with a plumb bob and last summer I found one! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican...
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