Just engraved by a different die engraver. No difference in catalog number or attribution.
Not a coin that was ever legal tender, but a jewelry piece.
Congratulations, @Harry G! Savoca Blue auctions are an affordable way to build one's collection. Over the years I have purchased scores of coins...
Saturn! [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.26 g, 18.8 mm, 12 h. Antioch, 15th emission, AD 266-268. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG,...
A good price for those! Well done!
First of all, I want to give a huge thank you to @Brian Bucklan, who not only discovered this coin, but was so kind as to send it to me as a gift!...
That is from the movie Stardust: [MEDIA] Michelle Pfeiffer plays a witch named Lamia. Here are some of her scenes: [MEDIA] And to keep it...
I wrote all about this issue here. This is my specimen. [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 3.81 g, 7 h. Phrygia,...
I -- and Michelle Pfeiffer -- love it!!! [ATTACH]
Heck, if we're trying to show them all, let's add the Rhine! [IMG] Postumus, AD 260-269. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.54 g, 22.4 mm, 12 h....
[ATTACH] This one was misidentified as a coin of Faustina II at auction, but I knew it was Plautilla. It's from an obscure Phrygian city that...
Happy birthday, @Alegandron! [ATTACH]
What an interesting type, @Sulla80! A very handsome example, too! My river gods tend to be small and swimming near the bottom of the coins....
Thanks for the kind words, Scoob! I absolutely love that Annius Verus as winter personified coin and it's on my want list! That Domna denarius is...
Gorgeous!!! Look at the detail on that bull's head! And a plate coin, to boot! No wonder you're thrilled! Here's a plate coin from Lindgren. It...
Glykon was an ancient snake god with a large and influential cult within the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Almost everything we know...
Very nice, @David Atherton, and a year 1 to boot! Fantastic! Here are my favorite Nikes. [IMG] Philistis, wife of Hieron II. Greek AR 5 litrae....
I'd say this medallion of Faustina Jr in the British Museum showing Venus Genetrix and six cupids up to all sorts of mayhem. [ATTACH]
It's not just you, @Cherd. We've all been astonished at auction prices over the past year.
Last week's installment of Faustina Friday concerned the birth of the twins Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus...
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