More about these at the Four Bad Years site. They are apparently ancient forgeries. Here (near bottom of the page) are five reverse types struck...
Here's my Crispina with that reverse type: [ATTACH] And my Lucillas with that reverse type: Long obverse legend (denarius and sestertius):...
That's just a bizarre coin in many ways. I agree the obverse inscription is that of the branch mint (formerly attributed to Milan). But neither...
Fantastic coin, @zumbly! I need one of those now! And very relevant to the story of Commodus' birth, indeed!
[ATTACH] The portico of the Sanctuary of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium. Photo by Carole Raddato and used with permission. It's another sweltering...
Very nice addition, @Gam3rBlake! An example of the types of AD 161-163 with the "all round legend." Here's a rather pedestrian denarius of the...
Very nice denarius, @David Atherton! Flyspecking is fun! Here's a little bronze provincial eagle for variety. [IMG] Septimius Severus, AD...
Interesting die study, @Sulla80! Here's a Thessalian League coin featuring Athena Itonia. It's not going to win any beauty contests: [IMG] Marcus...
Faustina I FTW!!! [ATTACH]
12 hours. Not "young portrait" as intended, but he was 31 at the time and that's young by my standards. Here's a coin from the last year of his...
You can't really consider Carausius a handsome devil. [IMG] Carausius, AD 286-293. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.91 g, 21.2 mm, 3 h. Aberrant...
But the obverse reads "Aurelius" in Greek. It's either Marcus or Lucius. I think it's RPC IV.4, 14626.
This denarius is a new acquisition. It reads COS II, making it among the first coins issued by Nerva, in AD 96, shortly after the death of...
The visible legend in Greek, transliterated into Latin is RELIUS. Hope that helps.
Like @GregH, I have only the wife and daughter to show. [IMG] Manlia Scantilla, wife of Didius Julianus, Augusta, AD 193. Roman Æ Sestertius;...
Thank you very much!
Pentassaria from Marcianopolis had dual portraits and often a denominational mark E on the reverse. This coin is likely a tetrassarion, a local...
Very good, @ValiantKnight! I bought this one at a local show in early May but had to treat it for bronze disease. It took about a month of soaking...
This town is on the list, but no CT member owned one ... until now. The town is Otrus in Phrygia, near Hieropolis with an O in the middle, not to...
I was the high bidder at this weekend's Savoca blue and this big ol' Republican bronze caught my eye. Now, it's not EF by any means -- and that's...
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