A very handsome coin and nice write-up. Congrats!
Good job! I think this is almost like a crusade. We are fighting the good fight!
A really nice specimen of the type Doug. And yes, it is a carry-over pulvinaria type from Titus' series. It's debated whether the pulvinaria in...
Over the weekend I acquired a rare early Minerva type, probably struck within the first few weeks of Domitian's reign. [ATTACH] Domitian AR...
Mine is a tie between Vespasian and Titus, I cannot choose just one. I love the coins struck for both and the history behind them. During their...
Utterly fantastic! This is a case where both the obverse and reverse are equally appealing.
I never heard of the phrase before or was aware of the custom ... and I come from a family of bee keepers! To be honest, bee keeping died out in...
What a fantastic piece! I love it when there is a mystery involved too. Congrats!
Also notice the smaller 'head' on Orfew's coin. Towards the middle of the reign onwards the portraits were much smaller.
A most envious acquisition! Nero looks so innocent on the reverse.
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Awesome coin Mikey! Have you read Mary Beard's SPQR? She has quite an interesting chapter about that episode in Roman history.
In his Vespasian as Moneyer Ted Buttrey provided a handy chart showing most of the denarius reverse types struck by Vespasian and their...
Beautiful horse on that one Brian! Here's my contribution. [ATTACH] Domitian as Caesar AR Denarius Rome Mint, 77-78 AD RIC V961 (C2), BMC...
It looks like the same coin that was harshly cleaned in the intervening 10 years.
It pays to do your research. Well done!
BTW Orfew, your coin is much scarcer than the the same type struck the year before with the obverse legend IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS. You got it at a...
I was of two minds about the coin - I thought the legend error was cool, but since I don't collect ancient forgeries the weight bothered me. Of...
Nice coin Orfew! JA is correct, it's an antiquarian type that copies the famous 'Tribute Penny' reverse of Tiberius - only this time it's a male...
I really do love old auction catalogues. What you have there is wonderful. They look great and must be a treat to leaf through.
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