Very interesting coin.
Gordian III was the last emperor to issue them in any quantity...
Welcome to CT, and specifically ancients (and medievals).
Nice coin @Sulla80 and an interesting write-up of a fascinating period in history.
Here's me when I started collecting...you also need a good sword. [IMG]
Welcome to the Wonderful world of ancients. It truly is one of the best hobbies on planet 3. And congrats on the purchase. Here's my DIVO...
Did you see that the perpetrator of the hoax(es) is charging $45,000 for a replica of the monolith? Those aliens are cashing in! ;)
Superb coin @Blake Davis
Nice coin...
Nice job cleaning the denarius @galba68
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Very interesting coin @7Calbrey
Blue AE2 of Theodosius (the great). [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
O Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with Royal Beauty bright, Westward leading, Still proceeding, Guide us to...
Great coin and nice write-up. Thanks
Great article. Here's a Severus struck for his voyage to Britain. Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E. 3.3 grams, 19.1 mm...
I got this Herennia Etruscilla for $15. Herennia Etruscilla, (249-251 A.D.) Wife of Trajan Decius AE 28 of Viminacium, 14.2 grams Obverse: HER...
I probably got 60-70% right (not sure). I had the quadrans at 1280 to the aureus so I was wrong there. I guessed on the Lugdunum mint, so I was...
Nice bull - that's the one I voted for.
Hard to tell if it is authentic, at least to my eye.
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