Since the question was about coins -- not older human-made artifacts, or fossils! -- I'll say that it's probably this one: Mysia, Kyzikos, AR...
My own recently-arrived lifetime Faustina I: Faustina I [Senior] [wife of Antoninus Pius], AR Denarius 139-Oct 140 AD [lifetime issue], Rome...
OK, thanks. I think I understand now what you meant, including what you meant by "thrown out" in this context"! And you're correct that almost all...
@kevin McGonigal and @rrdenarius: Yes, it's my first hybrid coin of the Roman Republic or any other era. And yes, one would think a genuine...
I will note that the acearch example of the Capito hybrid is only 3.41 g., so even lighter than mine. As a totally unscientific comparison, here...
I haven't been around all day, and see that there are a lot of comments that I'd like to address. I'll try to get to all of them! I'm a little...
Thanks for looking. I simply didn't notice before I bought the coin that the obverse number wasn't CXXIII -- to the extent I thought about it at...
All I can say is that it was supposedly minted in 217-218 AD, and certainly was struck when Diadumenian was only Caesar. (I've read the same...
This is a strange situation -- one I've never faced before -- and will take a while to explain. So please excuse the great length of this post. I...
That Macrinus with Salus on the reverse is amazing! Here are my two Macrinus coins, one showing him together with his son: Macrinus AR Denarius...
Julia Domna, AR Denarius ca. 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun in back, IVLIA AVGVSTA /...
What, you don't believe in getting second opinions? (j/k)
Fascinating; thank you!
A quick digression from the game for a question: I know about the two (at least) Roman Republican coins with camel reverses. (I have an example of...
Here's another example of a "B" in an exergue that I could have sworn was a "D" -- but can't possibly be one, because Greek letters were used for...
I heard back today from Professor Yarrow. Unfortunately, Richard Schaefer doesn't recall the specific dealer who sold my coin in September 2001...
Geni.com is often fairly worthless as an authoritative source absent citations to underlying authorities. It consists of uploads by amateur and...
I agree completely as well. Grades were obviously necessary back when catalogs listed ancient coins without photos. I think photos accompanying...
The only hippo I have is this one: Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR antoninianus AD 248, Rome mint, 4th Officina. Obv. Draped bust right,...
Thanks. You must have read my mind, because I was actually kind of hoping to see a decent-looking rhino if nobody had a non-Trajan camel. The one...
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