Damn you time.....inexorable Foe of good looks! Now say it like Charlton Heston.
Thanks, Nice avatar Steve -- Ohhhhh Canada... indeed
NP ;)
Gil-Galad, are you an Elvin King? Thats what the BBC Dramatization LOTR Song said.... Nice Additions :)
C. Fabius, L. Roscius and Q. Marcius. 118-117 BC. AR Denarius Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind / Victory driving...
The Gentleman with the coin is featured on this website's gallery of his complete works on page 2 bottom right...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Portrait of a Man holding a coin of the Emperor Nero by Hans Memling 1474
The reverse Victory seems compact & chunky in style like issues of Valentinian II http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=44873 But the obverse...
I suspect it is VALENTINIAN I http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=46878 Thought Maybe Valens but, the first letter in the obverse inscription...
Valentinian or theodosius II ? I need to look a little more......
This is a dry run to see if they can fool us before they go to US markets ;) Maybe we should have started talking big numbers & mentioned Paypal...
Hadrian Sestertii are BOSS...as the kids say these days.
Domitian - I don't like the softness of the strike, perfect round Flan ( Edges ) & Porosity ( Holes ) or lack of color Variation in the patina (...
Looks Legit - There's a lot worse ya can do with $15 these days like a Bad afternoon at Taco Bell & the even worse evening constitutionally...
Great Coins and Info - Bless Y'all
I had not seen such a well done mature portrait of Geta. The Neptune like style beard & sideburns is a nice look. Thanks for the link!
I've seen a ton of Septimius Denarii portraits but, this is a very pleasant expression. Generally he looks slightly surprised or just a dead eyed...
I gotta amend that to a degree, finding a coin would top most Mineral finds under at least a few grams ;)
I regularly pass over tons of Denarii, Sestertii, Antoninonininiii?? But if I ever found even a cull in the ground in it's natural habitat I would...
It does have the mushy quality about it as a cast coin would - does it have a line that wraps around the coin edge? this would be a flash line...
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