Congrats on your new acquisition! Your satisfaction must be immeasurable.
Congratulations! Both are very respectable examples. Your COS VII 'clasped hands' is a bit rarer than the corresponding COS VI one struck under...
Antiochene engravers would've had a good idea what Vespasian looked like because he spent time in Antioch planning his rise to the purple and it's...
No. Stay away from them.
I love 'bee' coins and the OP one is wonderful. When I was a kid my great grandfather kept bees and he taught me how to handle the hives and...
That would be more Nero's style. Domitian was probably at home reading the commentarii of Tiberius. ;)
I've always thought of this as a neat type. Four for the price of one!
The toning on your coin is quite beautiful! I don't have any issues buying from European dealers ... I just prepare myself for a long wait and...
International mail is really hit and miss. Recently I waited 3 weeks for one coin from Germany, just 5 days for another from France, and a Lanz...
I waited nearly 3 weeks for this little beauty to arrive from Europe. [ATTACH] Domitian AR Denarius Rome mint, 86 AD RIC 435 (R), BMC 93, RSC...
'WRL' marks are smaller and don't look like that at all. I would think CNG would know one when they saw it!
A nice one despite the mix-up. Either way I think you should be pleased.
Having a non-Tribute Penny type for Tiberius is quite admirable! Excellent acquisitions. I do not have the Tiberius type, but I do of course have...
The CNG Steve linked shows the results for this type from a variety of mints, so the prices will swing all over the place. Doug is correct...
Kevin Butcher and Matthew Ponting's The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan goes into great detail...
That's a really neat quinarius with an interesting reverse and it's quite appropriate for you to post it in a Vespasian thread! [ATTACH]...
This is a most thrilling acquisition for me personally. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Quinarius Rome mint, 75(?) AD RIC 793 (R), BMC 288 var., 614a var....
What a dandy surprise pick-up! I'd love to be able to do that at my local coin shop, unfortunately the few ancients they have are way over priced...
Fantastic coins everyone! I really do like the mournful Geta on the OP coin.
That's really a superb coin Z. The reverse is especially quite fetching!
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