The Trajan Decius was my first Roman coin that I bought as an adult; the first ancient coin of any kind, which I bought not long before that, was...
My copy of "The Last Pagan" arrived yesterday!
What fantastic coins everyone's posting! I had no idea when I started this thread that Trajan Decius and his family are such a popular subject for...
Thanks.
Nice coins. I used to buy old postcards on Delcampe on occasion, depicting various places in Europe where my family used to live long ago. Do you...
No wonder he looks like himself!
I find it interesting that the only one of these who bears any significant resemblance to the portraits on their original coins is Antoninus Pius....
Amazing!
I have now read your article, and that entire thread. Absolutely fascinating; thank you. I must confess that I didn't even know about that...
Once upon a time, I thought that Roman Republic coins were boring -- nothing but endless Romas on the obverse, and bigas and quadrigas on the...
Thank you. I will look at that thread. That's a wonderful coin of Hostilian you have!
It's a nice coin, but although I don't remember exactly what I paid for it, I'm quite sure it was way over the fair market value of 35 years ago....
It's good to see a couple of Hostilians! It's not easy to find one with at least a legible name for less than a few hundred dollars. Especially...
I've posted a lot recently about the SAECVLARES AVGG and other animal-reverse antoniniani issued in the name of Philip I and his family. But I...
I'm not sure it's fair to make a generalization that all museums with numismatic collections are that negligent.
Or the "beautiful" blue toning he seems often to apply, as to the Hadrian Aegyptos denarius I bought from him (see...
All of that said, the object on the reverse of my coin looks more to me like a cricket bat than either a sword or a scepter!
@curtislclay, a few further thoughts. First, I'll just note that it seems from other examples of my coin that the "bushy hairstyle" of the figure...
Fascinating. David Sear, at RCV III 8489 (published in 2005) identifies the figure as Balbinus "or the Genius of the Senate." So he is obviously...
Wow -- you have everybody!
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