What about THIS Homer?! [ATTACH]
Ah!! Look, the lion's face was altered by a hole with subsequent repair and they were die-matches after all!
I saw that and said to myself, "Dude! You even OWN one of these!"
Salutari is either the dative or ablative (unlikely) of salutaris. It's an adjective, not a noun, and it would mean saving, salvific, salutary...
Nice looking coin, @Ryro, with a real nice patina! A denarius with a similar reverse: [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman AR denarius, 3.35 g, 18.3...
The second is an as of Faustina II with the FELICITAS S C reverse. It was issued exclusively for use in Roman Britain. [IMG] Faustina Jr, Augusta...
This is why it's important that collectors report these varieties! That may be a die match as well. [ATTACH]
Wow!!! A second example of the coin -- right here among us Faustina fanatics at CT!! That may well be an obverse die-match to mine, judging by...
Exactly!
Indeed -- they happen to be the exact same reverse die. They are reverse die matches.
I was the high bidder on this homely sestertius of Faustina II at the current Bertolami auction. [ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman...
Littleton Coin.
I've had this one a while. Purchased from Henry Clay Lindgren of Antioch Associates in 2004. The Celator did a little blurb on the sale,...
Too many to post. Here are some favorites. [IMG] Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 17.5 mm, 7:00. Rome, AD 121. Obv: IMP CAESAR...
It is a double die match to the RPC coin, indeed.
Nice pair of denarii! Lovely acquisitions for your collection, @Everett Guy. You might be interested in this thread. Here's the dupondius...
Lovely! Numerous Ceres types were issued for Faustina I in all metals. I have too many to show. Here are just a few: [IMG] Faustina Senior, AD...
I have two more provincials with Domitia, one from Thessaly and the other from Smyrna. On the one from Smryna, she doesn't have a "Flavian"...
This coin was likely issued AD 143-145 to commemorate the dedication of the Temple to Diva Faustina in Rome. Among the various types issued during...
Gorgeous examples, @Spargrodan! Here is a Severan husband/wife pair with Herakles and the Nemian lion. [IMG] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211....
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