@curtislclay: I'm swayed by Ameling's chronology as summarized on p. 161 of his paper. I think we're all in agreement that the TEMPORVM FELICITAS...
That's RIC, which is not online in this form.
Each deity is depicted with a unique combination of attributes. Fortuna/Tyche most commonly holds a rudder and cornucopiae, though sometimes other...
Pudicitia. [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.03 g, 25.1 mm, 12 h. Rome, early AD 148-March AD 149. Obv: FAVSTINAE...
Very cool and a very good deal! Lot's of fun to be had with that group. I have a couple of Diocletians and a Maximian from Alexandria, too....
Wow! That's really fascinating, @David Atherton! I had no idea this coin even existed! I like quadrantes. I like empresses. And now I want an...
Dikaiosyne (Aequitas), not Tyche (Fortuna), has scales and cornucopiae. That's AMNG I-1, 905. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looks fine to me.
I'll eat my hat if the continental dollar is real. [IMG]
Bidder is just an auction platform, not a coin dealer. Lots of respected and long-standing firms use them as a platform, such as Leu, Savoca,...
I agree with @Severus Alexander that the legend most likely reads CORNEL SALONINA. You can see an "ON" very clearly in front of the empress' forehead.
Only stuff incoming from foreign countries.
All the major auction houses in Europe enclose the proper affidavits and/or export licenses to ship them to the United States and elsewhere....
Yes. In antiquity there were no master dies; each was hand-carved by a die engraver and die-matches came from the exact same dies.
Cool!!!
Lovely coins and informative write-up, @kevin McGonigal! Coins with Fortuna reverse types were issued at various times for Julia Domna. She's...
@Gam3rBlake: You would benefit greatly by owning the first two volumes of Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values. This covers the period from the...
So, we're on ancient monster, as directed by @Ryro. How about this anguipedal monster in a scene from the gigantomachy?! Cool, huh?! [IMG]...
Cool! I think I see a candelabrum style altar, such as on this dupondius in my collection, also with a veiled bust. [ATTACH] Faustina I, AD...
Saturdays yes; it has never been delivered on Sundays as long as I can remember.
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