See my original post for a mention of Cicero's skepticism regarding the story. We shouldn't assume that educated Romans of that time were...
I have nothing to post other than a few ordinary bull coins, but thank you -- what a wonderful write-up, with a beautiful coin and other photos!...
Severina (wife of Aurelian), billon Denarius, issue 11, early-Sep 275 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Diademed, draped bust right, SEVERINA AVG / Rev. Venus...
A very beautiful coin, @Valentinian. As are all the others posted here. I never get tired of seeing @AncientJoe's gold stater! Mine is the common...
A great post, as always, with beautiful coins. Here are a couple of coins with Cybele that I haven't shown too recently: Roman Republic, Aulus...
Boeotia (Boeotian League, including Thebes), AR Stater 379-338 BC. Obv. Boeotian shield / Rev. Amphora, ΔΑ-IM (Daim-, magistrate [=Daimachus?])...
I have been unable to find a specific explanation of why Asklepios's snake is depicted coiled around the Omphalos of Delphi. I do not think it's...
I happen to think this Corinth stater is beautiful: [ATTACH] Next: another silver coin with Pegasus.
I checked anyway, because I was curious. It turns out that they were mostly a little more than I thought -- I guess my subconscious doesn't want...
I will try to remember to dig out the invoices for you tomorrow and let you know, although I don't normally like to disclose the exact prices I...
Some of my Septimius Severuses, none of them costing more than about $100 and some less. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I think Barry is with NGC, not CNG. Two different animals!
Let us know if it works!
It's actually one of my favorite coins, period! (I love the ancient Egyptian theme.)
There are lots of silver coins available of Septimius Severus's wife Julia Domna at reasonable prices. Here are some I own -- young, middle-aged,...
They both look really nice to me. And Incitatus is a very reliable dealer
I'm not sure it deserves to be called a "coin" anymore. Those pieces don't even look like they add up to a whole. It takes some chutzpah to try to...
I've never bought a coin from NN, but it does seem that I have a couple that are ex. Gitbud & Naumann, apparently NN's predecessor. I gather that...
As I said, there were no coins issued by the Kings of Rome, and we don't know if they really existed, let alone what they looked like. But here,...
@svessian, I think all of those coins are great. I would very much like to own a silver argenteus. I recently attempted to buy one of Maximian I,...
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