Beautiful photos! I don't suppose you can identify the birds for the city people among us (namely me) whose bird knowledge is extremely limited?
I said earlier in this thread that I've been looking for some time for an example of Crawford 263/1 (the Caecilius Metellus coin with Roma on the...
I still can't enlarge it much, but I agree that I don't see a dot with the R on the reverse. Perhaps it's worn off.
A Gordian III denarius with Diana Lucifera on the reverse, looking like she's either an alien creature or is wearing some sort of horrifying face...
That's a sestertius? It looks like it's silver. But it's beautiful, whatever it is.
Thank you. Not off-topic!
If it's the one I'm thinking of, despite the fact that they have "experts" supposedly authenticating what they sell, I know that they have been...
Here's an old thread with my comment on the general subject you raise in your first sentence, quoting from an even older thread:...
I have an Elagabalus denarius that weighs 3.97 g., the heaviest Imperial-era denarius I have that was issued after Augustus and Tiberius. (I have...
There were no antoniniani issued for Aquilia Severa, I believe.
Carinus & Numerian from Ticinum mint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next, another pair -- Carinus & Numerian from same mint.
I tried looking that up in the Urban Dictionary, and still have no idea what it means!
Has @Tejas been tagged before in this thread?
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Wow -- what a beautiful portrayal of Apollo. [ATTACH] (I don't really count this as one of my elephant coins!) Next: Another geographical...
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