[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Size: 28 mm, Weight: 15.61 grams This is an addendum to my last article re: the above and includes this photograph of what is...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] As noted in other articles on this site, under Septimius Severus the Rome mint began severely limiting the bronze issues...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius Sestertius Weight: 24.45 Size: 31mm RIC 967 Somewhere in my collection of United States coins is what was...
I have read that in the 19th century collectors were much more interested in rarity (as opposed to condition) than today - it could be that most...
Valerian I Sestertius 14.01 grams 30mm RIC 184 - noted as common, but a check of databases indicates that rare or scarce would be more accurate....
Rarity is an odd concept in ancient coins, where, as I have mentioned elsewhere, even collectors of modest means can own coins that are unique....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The reverse of the Geta and Septimius is "VICTORIAE BRITTANICAE." Caracalla is dated "TRP XIIII" (211AD). I would...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Coin of the Mines Under Marcus Aurelius RIC 1255 2.50 Grams 16mm Inscribed "METAL AURELIANIS" in Wreath It appears to be human...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius Sestertius RIC 1034 - sort of Weight: 28.78 grams, Size 32 mm Obverse Inscription: M ANTONINUS AVG TRP XXVI...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Gordian III Dupondius RIC 300(c) 9.71 Grams 26mm Obverse Inscription: IMP GORDIANUS PIUS FEL AVG Reverse Inscription: LAETITIA...
Elagabalus Sestertius RIC 348 Weight: 25.4 grams Size: 31mm Obverse Inscription: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINUS PIUS AVG Reverse Inscription: FORTUNAE...
Macrinus sestertius - RIC 194 (R3) Weight: 23.48 grams, Size: 31mm Obverse inscription: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINUS AVG Reverse inscription:...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Caracalla As 11.85 grams, 26mm Obverse inscription: ANTONINUS PIUS AVG GERM Reverse Inscription: PMTRP XX COS IIII PP...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Geta Dupondius 12.76 grams, 25mm Obverse inscription: P SEPT GETA PIUS AVG BRIT Reverse Inscription: FORT RED TRP III COS II...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Although my collection is now limited to sestertii of Septimius Severus and family, at one time I collected...
When I was a kid, collecting US pennies and the like, and poring over the 1964 "Redbook" I would come upon coins that were so rare that instead of...
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I apologize on two counts - first there is the poor photographs which I took with my phone camera. The problem is that my...
I recently purchased this wonderful As of Geta, RIC 129(b), Aesculapius standing between two snakes, in distyle temple. The coin is large -...
A friend has managed to purchase close to 10,000 coins over the last 20 years, a sizable number from ebay, including a huge number of imperial...
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