Dan Cheatham would make a good Marcus Aurelius. [ATTACH]
I don't have a labyrinth coin. :( I'll have to share a bit of linguistic trivia: all of these -inth words are thought to be remnants of the...
What an interesting double-strike!!! Here are my Alexandrian tets of Nero. [IMG] Nero and Claudia Octavia Roman provincial billon tetradrachm,...
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Well, let me fix that.
Fow-STEE-na. Loo-KIL-la. Criss-PEE-na. :)
Great coins, @happy_collector! Here's a stag biga that will probably make my top 10 list this year. [IMG] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman...
People suggest themes that can be satisfied only by a few people with a niche interest. To avoid the inevitable 12 hour delay, people should...
Fun design, @Collecting Nut! Some people catch the campgate bug and they go deep, deep, DEEP into their varieties, mints, and such. My first --...
I put in a lowball bid on this poor thing at today's Lucernae auction and I was the only bidder. It doesn't exactly have 5/5 surfaces. Let's see...
It sounds like a very interesting exhibit and I'm glad you were able to see it! Oh, I get why Nero, Commodus and Constantine were included, but...
I have not examined other gods and goddess' attributes enough to determine if it's unique to Concordia, but Concordia represents agreement between...
This isn't as egregious as portraying Marcus as a very old man or Commodus killing his father, but it makes me cringe when I see characters that...
Concordia loves a double cornucopiae!
That's something that has long bothered me about Hollywood and ancient Rome. My favorite Marcus: [IMG] Marcus Aurelius, Augustus AD 161-180....
That's very nice, @JJ Walker! It has lovely toning and you let it stay that way. One of my favorite things about my tribute penny is its toning....
Cornu copiae = horn of plenty. Copiae is in the genitive. Cornua copiae = horns of plenty. Cornua is plural, copiae is genitive.
I love it! Great presentation, as always, @Deacon Ray! Here's Annona with a big ol' cornucopiae! [IMG] Marcus Aurelius, Augustus AD 161-180....
Here's its titular counterpart! [MEDIA] Speaking of bad girls ... here's Lysimachos's wife, Arsinoe II. She was the daughter of Ptolemy I and...
Here's an ancient building. It's not exactly FDC, but I'm not exactly Clio! [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman Æ as, 9.85 g, 25 mm. Rome, AD...
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