Ancient mothers and children. Hadrian, Alexandria Diobol -- Isis and Harpocrates (Horus the Child) [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Alexandria...
Our banned friend is harassing me with extremely vulgar posts under new user names. I don't want him to think he's getting to me, or allow him to...
Diva Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, after 175 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Draped bust right,...
Great illustrations. I wonder what the reason is for the sacrificial axe being ornamented with a lion -- apparently a general feature, not limited...
An assortment of pigs, sows, and boars. I'm pretty sure I've posted them all before, so I won't bother with the descriptions this time. One pig...
I'm glad you like my example of the Fonteius, @Ryro, and I completely agree with you. I don't understand the impulse to identify the winged child...
My apologies. But my opinion that the OP should focus on the smoothing remains the same.
I didn't say that your concern about the smoothing is unreasonable. I said that complaining about the chip in addition to the smoothing --...
Where exactly on the coin is the edge chip you're referring to? I see nothing out of the ordinary, and nothing that the dealer should have...
Beautiful. Although I think calling the average example a "scrawny chicken" is a bit uncharitable!
Very odd -- I can see all of them.
Congratulations on both round objects! A beautiful coin. One small typo: take another look at the Roman numeral after Louis.
What an embarrassment for a formerly reputable company, although someone explained a while ago that it was the father who built the reputation...
Here's my one member of the Cato family: Roman Republic, M. Cato, AR Quinarius [half denarius], 89 BCE. Obv. Head of young Liber (or Bacchus)...
I pre-ordered a copy months ago, as soon as I learned of it. The publication date has been put off a couple of times, but I believe it's now...
My example of the Mn. Fonteius type: Roman Republic, Mn. Fonteius C.f., AR Denarius, Rome Mint 85 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo* right, MN....
@Ryro, I'd love to hear the story of how your coin took almost a year to arrive! And @Roman Collector, that's some provenance, for a beautiful...
Lovely coins!
It's been more than a month since I've done one of these, and with new coins both arrived and expected, I'm starting to have a backlog of posts to...
Fascinating; thank you. Which means that if my coin was really minted in 257, and its original attribution in RIC to Mediolanum was shifted to...
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