This Philip I antoninianus with a stag on the reverse is a new acquisition. It's one of the coins issued for the games held in 248 AD...
Feel better! [ATTACH] Gordian III AR Antoninianus, 242 AD [TRP V], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS...
I'm not at all qualified to comment on these. But I'm curious about one minor point: if merely being cleaned results in a classification of an...
This is a recent purchase, but I've never posted it before and it happens also to be of Faustina II; I think it's a very appealing portrait of...
I think he only does that with buyers with whom he has previous experience. Since this was my first time bidding (or winning), he did actually...
I enjoyed the references to Ballista, who happens to be the protagonist of the excellent Warrior of Rome series of novels by Harry Sidebottom (an...
Not quite as heavenward a glance, I think, as @Marsyas Mike's: Julian II, AE Centenionalis, 361-63 AD, Sirmium Mint, 2nd Officina. Obv....
Are you sure that your Providentia coin isn't an RIC 482/RSC 155? It looks like the same type as the ones that @Shea19 and I posted. (Although in...
Fascinating. Going back as far as I can: in the oldest Roman coin price catalog I have, included as an appendix in Pinkerton's "Essay on Medals"...
Well, Sear's Millenium Edition Vol. I, published in 2000, prices the coin at £750 ($1,200) in EF and £250 ($400) in VF. I also have a copy of the...
What a great coin! [ATTACH] Lucius Verus AR Denarius 161-162 AD. Obv. Bare head right, IMP L AUREL VERVS AVG/ Rev. Providentia standing left...
Even though I've posted it before in a different thread, I'm going to post this Caracalla again, simply because I'm particularly fond of the scowl...
A beautiful coin. $400 was a lot 30 years ago!
Very nice! I'm still waiting for an invoice so I know how much to pay. . .
Here's a Valerian I coin I have, apparently from 257 AD, that looks like it has a decent amount of silver color. Whether that's due to content...
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I made the seller an offer for $40 under the asking price and he or she promptly accepted it, so I'm now the pleased owner of this coin. I'm...
Thank you.
My one Julia Mamaea -- I have one coin for each of the Severan Julias: Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), AR Denarius. Obv. Bust draped...
I'm hopeful myself of finding a Caligula coin that looks decent and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I'm very tempted by this one, which is offered...
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