The pending "next topic" is "Smallest Provincial."
A great portrait of Faustina II! It does show up much better in the "in hand" photo. I may not be the President of her official fan club (that's...
Some bulls, a couple of oxen, and a heifer (the animal portrayed on the A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus denarius shown in the OP -- not actually...
Even apart from the age issue, the same person would not be a moneyer after having achieved the high office of Consul, let alone 17 years afterwards.
My example, with commentary including the connection with Pompey that @Valentinian mentions: Roman Republic, Manius Acilius Glabrio, AR Denarius,...
You are correct, of course. Thank you. I usually look carefully to confirm dealers' descriptions, but obviously didn't in this case.
Wonderful write-up about your grandfather. As you know, my grandfather fought on the other side at Verdun. The only thing he saved from the battle...
Great coins. The Syracuse horse and the first Carthage horse are especially wonderful.
Wow, his expression on that first one is amazing!
I completely forgot to post this one, showing Caracalla with his inimitable scowl. Quite a contrast to the youthful portrayal I posted above....
@David Atherton, if I had seen that coin before you, I would have snapped it up in my toothy jaws before you could get anywhere near it. It's...
Here are one denarius and one antoninianus of Caracalla, plus a denarius of Plautilla showing Caracalla and Plautilla together on the reverse:...
This is just under the wire for still being from the first century AD: Trajan AR Tetradrachm, 100 AD, Phoenicia, Tyre. Obv. Laureate head of...
Congratulations! It's a great place. I don't know any other ancient coin collectors in "real life" either, and rarely bring up the subject for...
This is a great coin, and although it's right up there at the top of the list of Roman Republican coins I would like to have, it's a type very...
Unless it's a fourree, there were no silvered Roman bronzes then.
If anyone did something like that in any country outside Egypt, especially in the West, I can just imagine the outcry. But since it's their own...
Is "brief" slang for a lawyer?
My only dolphin-riders belong to a couple of the better-known types: One from Tarentum: [ATTACH] And one Lucretius Trio (with Cupid grinning...
My only Antoninus Pius Imperial bronze. It has a very rough surface, but elephants make up for a lot of sins. Antoninus Pius AE As, 148 AD, Rome...
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