I can't stand slabbed ancients--as I've posted here, the one and only slabbed coin I ever purchased personally was liberated in well under an...
and still not old enough to know better...
It is, isn't it! I was pleased when I had the brainstorm to make it. (Don't tell!)
No, it's an as. You can see the mark of value above Janus' head. I always think of it as an aes grave, on the hunch that that would be more...
Worth posting again I guess; as far as I know, the only occurrence of other Roman coins as a secondary control mark: [ATTACH] I'm not aware of...
That's a longer explanation than I can really deal with now. Several lines of argument lead to that conclusion. Most significantly, for other...
Crawford was the first to notice that a few denarii struck for Sulla by L Manlius Torquatus have numbered reverse dies. He knew of coins bearing...
Speaking of TIF's favorite: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very few RR sestertii are identified with letters. Here's a remarkable specimen demonstrating one such instance, L (= Luceria) below Roma's head....
Ex Signorelli Collection, Santamaria 1952: [ATTACH]
Some of mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Damn! I thought I'd been so careful!
For anyone who missed it, here's a link to my "Erato or Terpsichore" paper in the RBW tribute volume:...
One more: [ATTACH]
I have some pretty nice Muses: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Heh, great observation about the spear! I think it's safe to say the engraver was an arty sort who had no time for sports as a youth. Note that on...
I just remembered that Juno Sospita makes an appearance on the reverse of my Q. Cornuficius denarius. That's her on the right with a crow on her...
Only one I can find a photo of: [ATTACH]
Another reasonably complete example. As pretty much always, there are parts missing: [ATTACH]
I have a nice example of the OP coin, but I don't have a photo. Here are a couple of things from the same period: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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