Nice portrait of him, did you notice a lot of this type of coin has flan cracks? mine has the same problem, but hey great coin steve.
Congrats Smojo a great coin for your 1000th, like Jwt708 I have a Dioclectian and my third coin purchase. Minted 293-294 AD Siscia, 2.5 gm, RIC...
Very nice toning, great coin.
Happy to help a fellow collector.:joyful:
[ATTACH] Yes I took a pic of that one in Ephesus as well, and yes it's hard to tell the origin as I think the latrines were uniform across the...
Its nice but to me it's not XF with the wear on the obverse legend left side, they tend to be in auctions a lot, I was lucky I only paid $200 AU...
You know what I do when I am worried about pricing, I go to CNG archives and see what people are paying for similar quality. If you type in search...
Can we look at the other side Michael Clarke.
Thats a great coin you own, I did not see the obverse of the museum one but looking at yours it is an exceptional bust of Nero.
Ha Ha I got in first......although yours is better:grumpy:
I don't have to many monster coins, but if a Griffon qualifies my Syracuse Hippo-camp, circa 400 BC surely does.[ATTACH]
Thanks TIF, they are three great coins, alas I am still trying to acquire one, hopefully soon.:rolleyes:
Thanks zumbly, I will take a look at his.
Thanks Mat, great place to visit if you are ever in Rome. How's the detail on the coin? not bad for 2000 years.
Just thought I would share this with you all, I stumbled across this coin on Ostia Antica Facebook page Here is the Sestertius from the British...
Good that's different, look forward to seeing some of them down the track.:)
That is a great coin, I am sure your very happy with it.
Welcome Ed Snible, I am sure you will enjoy your experience on CT as I have. Yes there is a few of us still waiting for coins from recent Naumann...
Couple of bold eagles there Jwt708, I especially like your Marcianopolis Caracalla, they minted some really nice coins at that provincial mint.
And you can't forget these eagles on the base of Trajan's column, although there heads have been knocked off (see pic below coin). AR silver...
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