Thank you.
Thanks. So are the Diana and Sabina I posted wearing diadems or stephanes?
I would like to know how to tell the difference as well. My Sabina and my Hosidius (Diana/boar) are both generally described as "diademed." But...
Regarding the drapery, OK, you guys win! But how do you know that she doesn't keep her snake in there?! Regarding Caesar's elephant/snake coin,...
You could well be right. It's hard to change my perception to seeing the snake go behind Valetudo, after I started seeing it go in front of her,...
Faustina Sr. is not wearing a stephane in my only coin of hers, a Diva Faustina denarius: Diva Faustina I [Senior] (wife of Antoninus Pius) AR...
Thanks. That's the first time I've noticed the tail of the snake on mine, and I suppose you could interpret the image as showing the snake behind...
My one coin traceable (so far as I know) to a particular hoard: Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed,...
This source is more specific: https://www.about-antiques.com/collecting-ancient-coins/ Individual hoards can vary in size from a few coins to...
Now I think what I see on your coin might just be some kind of wicker basket Valetudo is holding/wearing, out of which the snake is emerging. The...
Odd that the seller thought it was Fortuna, given that it's pretty easy to read at least "PAX" on the reverse.
I would definitely like one of these -- they don't seem very easy to find in decent condition.
In your example, it looks like the snake is actually wrapped around Valetudo's lower body about half a dozen times. Do you think that's the intention?
In what country did you find it? I'm sorry -- I don't remember where you live.
No, not at all. I'm just asking questions to make sure that there is no exception! I would call it trying to play devil's advocate -- apparently...
(My first instinct was to call this thread Republican Snakes, but I didn't want to be accused of being political.) I think we're all aware that...
You're probably right, Curtis. However, I don't think it's a coincidence that this was the first coin to be jointly issued by two moneyers in a...
82. Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), AR Denarius. Obv. Bust draped right wearing diadem (stephane), IVLIA MAMAEA AVG/ Rev. Venus stdg....
Thanks, @curtislclay; I was hoping you would comment. I would certainly prefer you to be correct, because that one Republican coin would...
It's way out of my price range. I've never spent $1,000 on a coin, let alone almost $8,000!
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