Thank you all for your help on this. I do appreciate it, even if not what I hoped to hear.
I am conflicted about this coin. It is s Sextus Pompeius Faustulus with Roma/ Wolf, tree, shepherd, birds, Crawford 235/1a. Pro: Style seems...
Here's a link to the CoinIndia site. I found it informative: http://coinindia.com/galleries-hermaios.html
I picked up one of these a while back. Mine is a fourrée I'm pretty certain. I contacted CoinIndia.com in order to get more information, but...
I have to say I was shocked (unpleasantly) by the auction experience of Julius Germanicus. That "batch" of sestertii deserved a better...
That is really unusual - never seen anything like it myself. Right now I am suffering from "ancients fever" so I won't bid...probably.
I don't mind the "derailed thread" at all! I am really enjoying the jewelry posts - great stuff here.
I'm not entirely sure if mine is imitative or not. The condition is rough enough I couldn't tell. It weighs 10.14 grams which is closer to an...
Great OP - fantastic style on that one. I first heard of these Claudius imitations on esty.ancients.info - a really interesting site....
Wonderful coin and, as always, terrific write-up. I had never heard of Domitian's "temple series" - very interesting.
Really impressive enameled coins here.
I haven't belonged to the Forum very long, but as soon as I saw your stuff I felt a collector kinship - we both like the holey and the soldered...
I rather like ex-jewelry coins...I have quite a few of them. They are cheap, and sometimes you can get some good stuff. [ATTACH]
Thank you lordmarcovan - Here are a couple of edge shots - pretty chewed up, but there is some lettering there. Though I am no expert, the...
About 20 years ago I found this in a local coin shop for about $150. Its problems are fairly obvious. Mostly I collect ancients and world...
What a marvelous, expressive portrait on this coin! A true work of art.
Welcome to ancients - I really like that Mercury Marcus Aurelius (thanks for the info, Doug - I had no idea). Lovely coin and interesting...
That is a pretty bewildering run of denarii. I wonder if that was official policy or if the celators had leeway in bust types/inscriptions at...
Interesting - armed with RIC 66 information, I found a post on Coin Community Forum from 2012 where a similar coin (but with a draped bust) was...
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