Beautiful!
The cistophoric Claudius portraits are my favorites. Love the style!
Great article! I've always had a special interest in Claudius ever since reading the Robert Graves novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Never...
Kind of both? :)[ATTACH] More pleasing portraits!
I have an 1808 US half dollar that I contemplated sending off to NGC for grading and slabbing. I found the process thoroughly confusing. I think...
I thought it cost more like $70+ to get a coin slabbed by NGC.
Funny, I just picked up a coin book edited by Ken Bressett a couple weeks ago at a local used book sale.
Here is something special that just arrived. It is not a coin, but then the thread title just says ancient, right? Black clay oil filler juglet,...
That's really cool!
12-hour bump. How about a new theme. An Alphabet of Roman Emperors! I'll start with "A". Obviously, Augustus: Augustus, AR tetradrachm 2 B.C.,...
@Curtis Very nice score on that Judaea Capta! I picked up a few coins, mostly inexpensive worn coins, from that auction. My best (and favorite)...
Looking carefully at the nose and mouth area, it does seem to strongly resemble the Otho from the reference you gave.
Beautiful coin, OP! Looks like yours is a double-die match to my specimen: [ATTACH]
This is my most worn. A sestertius of Trajan. The reverse is completely smooth, but there's still a recognizable portrait of Trajan and even his...
That is too bad. Hopefully they'll get it all figured out in time.
Here are a couple new ones. Claudius, AE as, A.D. 50 - 54, Rome mint OBV: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head of Claudius left...
Great find!
I'm still on the lookout for a Caligula portrait coin. Imperial preferred.
I'm looking for a decent, (relatively) inexpensive Caligula portrait coin to fill a spot in my collection. I am on a limited budget, so it doesn't...
Beautiful! I was wondering if anyone here had one of those. :)
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