Thanks! These days, it's important to pay attention to provenance.
Still love your two-sided man-faced bull @ancientnut, such a wonderful rarity:)
I've got an aes grave with a boar on both sides:joyful:. It's pretty heavy, almost 90 grams, feels great to hold. [ATTACH] 280-269 BC AE aes...
Here's another stater from Lucania, Thourioi (6.9gm - 18 mm) [ATTACH]
Nice scarce issue @red_spork! All I've got is an Anonymous As with the common SAX legend [ATTACH] Roman Republic 169-157 B.C. AE As (33 mm,...
The reverse looks to me like a quartipartite square incuse (which is a fairly common reverse on Greek tetratemorions), with possibly a dot in one...
Thanks @TIF! I had no idea this website existed. Who would have guessed so many coins were minted with a man-faced bull design?
@ancientnut, I would be interested in learning more about the design of this coin, and look forward to your thread. Why was it minted? Why is...
That's a GREAT coin! I want one!!!
That's a marvelous denarius, and you have every right to be proud!!
Sweet coins everyone!
Thanks @rrdenarius, really like your early Roman Republic bronze coins...fantastic pieces!!!
Nice coin @Alegandron. You are building a very fine collection of early RR!!!
I do have another sextans from this time period, which I bought last month at the FUN show. This one is a bit heavier than the examples already...
I thought I would mention that the weight range of this issue is 79-43.75 gems, so both @Alegandron and my examples are on the light side!...
Here is my AE aes grave sextans, almost identical in size (52.32gm - 35 mm) but not quite as nice as @Alegandron's example. Mine has a brown black...
What a outstanding eagle! Beautiful coin
Nice coin!
This coin is adorable! I have never seen one before, but it is now on my want list.
Nice coin @Bing with great details...you can even see the pig's face:joyful:
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