Having more spare times lately, I'm revisiting some old friends (coins). I'd like to present you my 2 Augustus twins. As you can see, they are...
I would use tersorium anytime rather than scratchy pessoi... [IMG]...
@galba68 you're not the only one bragging about your Md. discoveries. Look at what I found in MY backyard. What do you think of that? I can...
Weight and size could help. Many emperors had the turreted bust of Tyche on the reverse. Here is an example of Caligula (?) from Amasea. [ATTACH]...
Wow. Spectacular specimen @Bing , a dream coin. Here is my rarest Probus from Serdica, only 2 known and published on Probuscoins but... never as...
I emailed them yesterday and this morning the lot was withdrawned...
This coin was issued to commemorate the assistance of Tiberius to the city of Magnesia ad Sipylum fallowing its destruction in the great...
Very interesting article. A nice back in time trip. Here is my only Gallienus from Antioch. Bought it long ago because almost full silvering is...
Excellent write-up @ancient coin hunter . I learned a lot and tonight I will be able to say : I'm going to bed less stupid!
Thanks @Deacon Ray . Dattari once wrote that over a million pieces passed through his hands during his career...
In another thread, @Limes gave me a good suggestion :"If you still have more time, how about writing a background story on each coin?" So with...
Again WOW! I would be curious to know how many coins you found in your career and what are the highlights of your discoveries...you should write a...
I'm pretty sure after 5 more examples of "enormous phallos" this thread will be closed by the morality squad...:facepalm:
I bought this one a few years ago. As usual, I checked wildwinds to find the exact attribution...and it took me 30 seconds to see my coin was in...
If you need help with the identification: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/valentinian-s-identification.352362/
Thanks to everyone for posting wonderful coins in this thread. I couldn't believe how many "original Dattari" members of CT have in their...
Prologue I like Alexandrian's coins. They are easily recognizable, often dated, some type of reverses are exclusive to this mint, and someone...
Just one word : TORTURE [MEDIA] @David Atherton , @Orfew and @Jay GT4 will do nightmares...
Here Genio is making a libation to the gods. You can even see the liquid flowing from the Patera. It's easy to see that it is red wine....
I want to be buried with my coins. I imagine the face of the guy in 200-300 years who will discover my bones surrounded by 2000 years old Roman...
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