Wow. Thanks. You could be right, I think. The photo of the 1st Century AD example in its scabbard does have a similar shape, although not as...
Thank you. I very much like your idea of adding more detail. Although, despite what one may think from my lengthy footnotes for Republican coins,...
That was my first thought as well -- an upside-down padlock. Or maybe a ladies' handbag. But a ring it is, with a very gaudy rock!
Great coins! Here's my left-facing Germanicus, issued by Caligula. Germanicus (died 19 AD, father of Caligula [Gaius] & brother of Claudius), AE...
Good suggestion. The "flask" idea makes some sense too. More than a knife, anyway!
A very nice coin! Of course, a number of historians have argued that most of the scandalous and scurrilous gossip about him has little or no...
These are great, @Sulla80. It's wonderful that you have examples of all three subtypes; I've never seen an example of 378/1b before. Odd that they...
A great type -- one of my favorites. I actually added up how many Roman Republican coins I have with different kinds of animals (animal coins in...
To focus on the one question I actually asked amidst my sea of words: does the control-symbol in front of Ceres's chin on the obverse of my Marius...
Now that the Marius Capito coin from Nomos, and the Macedonian shield/elephant head coin from Forvm have arrived, I've decided to follow my own...
Great! So did mine, about 10 minutes ago. Via Federal Express.
I can think of a few coins of mine, off the top of my head, that have much rougher surfaces than I usually prefer, but whose virtues outweigh that...
I did exactly that, so it's not a likely explanation. They even acknowledged receipt of the money about 10 days ago.
For the record, Nomos just sent out my Marius Capito denarius today, 15 days after the auction ended and 13 days after I paid for my coin. Given...
Since others have posted some younger portraits of Faustina II that they like, I'll post a young portrait that I happen to think is quite lovely,...
Thank you. Wise words. Please understand that I'm not really intimidated by too many people in this world. As someone who was a practicing...
I already did it for you -- it means putting an @ before his name, as I did above, resulting in his being notified that he's been mentioned.
I just posted my half-dozen Antoninus Pius coins over on the "Death of Antoninus Pius" thread; there's one with Annona on the reverse: Antoninus...
I have only six Antoninus Pius coins (one issued after his death), and two issued for Faustina I (one lifetime). Antoninus Pius AE As, 148 AD,...
I don't have many that I know once belonged to someone famous. I have one coin from the Dattari Collection: Galerius, AE Follis, 305-306 AD,...
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