I have plenty of coins that say "PM," but only three that say more of Pontifex Maximus than that -- one each from Tiberius, Geta, and Macrinus:...
According to Joe Sermarini, the collection had remained in the possession of Mr. Bishop's family since his death in 1983, and has now been...
I never knew before that instead of a head and neck, Italia has an open mailbox (or a bird house) on a stick.
I have a feeling that nobody has one of the dozen or so coins that would qualify, so I'm unilaterally changing the request to the following, so...
You mean her right hand. Respect her pronouns, please!
I'm pretty sure the story goes that he was urinating by the side of the road when a soldier stabbed him. So at least he died standing up. I assume.
One could easily group them into distinct categories, like the bathtub deaths above, or these four, all supposedly hacked to pieces by the...
Still a more pleasant death than that of Fausta, who supposedly was boiled to death in a bathtub! [ATTACH] I don't believe the method of...
Before posting my question, I did quick searches on OCRE and RPC, and learned that there are around a dozen Imperial and Provincial coins showing...
Roman Republic, M Fovri L.f. Philus, AR Denarius 119 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Janus, M•FOVRI•L•F around / Rev. Roma with Corinthian helmet...
I don't see any particular resemblance to your examples, but this is my favorite Faustina II portrait: Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus...
You'll have to ask "T.M. Whitehead" or his heirs!
This is the only one of my (25 or so) books on British medals in which your item seems to be listed: Hawkins, E., Medallic Illustrations of the...
Do you mean you found three damaged coins or you somehow damaged them yourself after finding them?
I have one silvered Gallienus antoninianus from Antioch, and it does still have pretty good silvering left: Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus,...
Maybe Fedex knows something about Memphis TN that I don't know. Earlier this week, I received my new Caecilius Metellus elephant head coin from...
It seems that the U.S. mathematician was indeed the Errett Bishop to whose collection my new Metellus coin belonged. See...
A wonderful coin with an impressive provenance!
Thanks!
Two coins from Arles: Crispus Caesar (son of Constantine I), Billon reduced Centenionalis, Arelate [Arles] Mint (3rd Officina) 321 AD. Obv....
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