My guess is that anything actually found "at the Wall" would be considered archaeologically significant and probably not for sale (legally, that...
Well, "beauty" does not fit either one of these, but they just came in the mail today, and as I was looking them over, the do fit the bill for me...
Huzzah for Faustina Friday; nice job as always @Roman Collector I had more of these than I thought. My attributions are old - now that this post...
My favorite Hadrian for type is this one - Nemesis spitting into her dress, a coin issued to celebrate the "just desserts" meted out to the Bar...
At the risk of looking like a coin hoarder, or as if I were trying to corner the market in these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was very...
Thank you for that information. Very useful!
Nice restoration work. Here's another RIC 64: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Denarius (195-196 A.D.) Rome Mint L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII,...
Happy death day, Augustus! Here is one from Spain: [ATTACH] Ilici, Spain Augustus Semis (Æ 22) (c. 12 B.C.) Q...
Do moms count as "empresses"? Here is my latest - a denarius of Julia Soaemias - mother of Elagabalus: [ATTACH] Julia Soaemias...
Very interesting post, @red_spork I have one of these, but I have it attributed to 67 B.C. - from Crawford? The 63 B.C. sounds plausible too -...
I like it. The surfaces are a bit rough, but in an unusual way. I have noticed a lot Justinian folles fakes on eBay, but they don't look like...
Congrats on your trip to Israel, Gavin. I've never been, but I recently read this book: Jerusalem : An Archaeological Biography by Hershel...
Here's my favorite barbaric radiate from my small collection - it is just wretched :vomit: [ATTACH] Barbarous Radiate Æ Antoninianus Gaul /...
Sextus Pompey, his son, minted the Pompey portrait denarius in the OP. This would have been a posthumous portrait, so would be in keeping with...
Coin D as suggested above is possibly Seleukas II. Seleucid coins were often countermarked, often with anchors. Here is one of mine with two...
Thank you Richard. I appreciate the input and agree with your observation on wear. However, mine is quite pitted - pitting is not really a...
Thank you! I hope the "good" three C's - Cleaning, Corrosion and Circulation - are the reasons for its current status.:) Those, rather than...
Thank you for the input. Yeah, I doubt I'll ever have complete confidence in it. :nailbiting: Your observations sent me to acsearch, where I...
When I originally saw this thread, I was resigned to the fact that I had no ancient dog coins. Last night looking through some recent purchases,...
Actually, I am afraid I have spent so much time in the eBay swamp I am actually beginning to prefer frogs! Eww! :)
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