No! Leave them alone!
Lovely acquisitions for your collection, @DonnaML! I agree, and I go out of my way to collect them. Many 1st century women are hard to come by....
Deer: [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.63 g, 21.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, officina 5, AD 267-268. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate...
This one arrived in the mail today! [ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman AR denarius, 2.68 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 138-139. Obv: FAVSTINA...
On to Philip I, then! An excuse to show off my elephant! [IMG] Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 247....
Cool addition to your collection, @robinjojo! Not an easy one to acquire. Some numismatists (Beckmann) believe Proserpina is portrayed on the...
Well, if I had money, I'd tell you what I'd do. I'd go downtown, buy a Mercury or two. Crazy 'bout a Mercury! Lord, I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury! I'm...
At least that's not going to fool anybody!
Last time I saw a face like Uberitas' it was in a haunted house! [IMG] [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 5.43 g,...
Poppies were but one attribute of Demeter. This little provincial has every attribute of Demeter imaginable! [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175....
Here's a Caracalla: [IMG] Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h. Rome, issue 10, AD 217. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM,...
I may be just a visually-oriented person, but I'm not sure audio is the format best suited for Chapter III.
October already?! We should be hearing Mariah Carey any time now. [IMG]
I take it you won't be celebrating "Octavian October";) You're very welcome! It was a fun and educational thread.
[IMG] You know what that means! TGIFF!! Today we're going to talk about obverse legends and why using them to date coins has its pitfalls. For...
[IMG] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 10.7 gm, 8:00. Thrace, Anchialus, AD 193-211. Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CЄΠ CЄVΗΡΟC, laureate...
How about Venus drinking a Frappucino on a sestertius with a coffee-colored patina? [ATTACH]
This may set the record for highest price paid for a Gallienus Libero P Cons Avg. But no regrets!! [IMG] Gallienus, 253-268 AD. Roman Æ...
Looks like we're on Claudius. [IMG] Claudius, AD 41-54. Roman Æ as, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 42. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP...
Leu really overexposes their coins in their photos, too: [ATTACH] My photo: [ATTACH] Leu: [ATTACH] My photo: [ATTACH] Leu: [ATTACH]...
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