Yes, I agree. There is a definite parallel between the portrait of Domitian on your coin and the bust often used of Augustus. This is a very...
Really nice obverse.
From Wikipedia: "Gravitas was one of the ancient Roman virtues that denoted "seriousness". It is also translated variously as weight, dignity,...
Ditto.
Excellent style and centering.
I wonder if the third image was "processed" using Photoshop. It is very easy to use the spot healing tool to blend a surface in a given area, and...
Nice coin! My only example, a tetradrachm, ca. 229-205 BC. [ATTACH]
A beautiful example. Congratulations!
Here's a tetradrachm from Rhodes, purchased from Roma last year. [ATTACH] Next: Any coin that was issued during the reign of a tyrant or madman...
Going back through the mists of time, the first ancient that I acquired, but no longer own, was an Alexander III tetradrachm, of Salamis. However...
This tetradrachm, an imitation of Athens, I believe, is about as dark a coin as I have. 17.1 grams [ATTACH] And, she comes with a musical...
There are two classic works of fiction set in the Claudian Dynasty period, "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God", by Robert Graves. Perhaps you've...
Beautiful patina. It makes the coin look almost like carved jasper.
Malachite is a fascinating mineral that forms as crusts, botryoidal (grape-like) forms, crystalline forms and in massive forms. The Russian...
I've posted this coin before, as it is the only example showing this unusual mode of transportation. [ATTACH] Also, here's a biga drawn by a...
That's a lovely, contrasting patina on your coin.
Nice photos! What type of lens did you use for the cuprite and cerussite crystals shot?
The ancient bronze and silver coins that we enjoy, with their colorful and often dramatic patinas, are the product of centuries, even millennia,...
Interesting coin. Patina is basically a chemical alteration of a coin's surface. With bronze the oxidation process alters the copper into an...
Actually the sulphur odor diminishes with time. My experience with liver of sulphur is that it creates dark brown to black toning, depending on...
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