Great double sestertius of TD @robinjojo ! I wish I had one of those. While I have a double sestertius of Postumus it obviously was just...
Nice coin @maridvnvm - it would be great to be able to remove the encrustations but a bit challenging without wrecking the coin I guess.
My heaviest coin (to resurrect the thread after it was pointed to today) is a Ptolemy IV drachma of 76 grams (seen in my avatar to the left) It...
Good points Doug. They seem to have been more careful making flans in the east than they were in the west.
That coin is nice as it has a silver appearance (still contained some good silver). A few years later they went for total debasement.
For the sole reign I'll show this portrait, which is on a ragged flan.... [ATTACH]
Nice portrait I agree. Excellent pick-up @Finn235
For the type, I'd say this one is on the lighter side as well... Postumus A.D. 260 Ӕ Double Sestertius, 32mm 24.3 grams Obverse: L IMP C M CASS...
18 grams.... Typical oblong flan of the mid third century Sestertii: Severus Alexander, 222-235 A.D. VICTORIA AVGVSTI [IMG] [IMG]
Nice coin @Roman Collector...
Michael II the Amorian and Theophilus, 820-829 A.D. One of my early photos.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Excellent. I have a Michael the amorian and Theophilus follis... Michael was an iconoclast. Currently on my phone so I can't post the pic...
Funeral Pyre of Claudius Gothicus, DIVO CLAVDIO, probably struck under Quintillus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next: Deified Romulus (son of Maxentius)
Nice coin and I am glad that you got it. Hopefully you will stock with ancients.
Caracalla. MACEDON, Thessalonica Caracalla. 198-217 A.D. AE 26, 14.9 grams, 7h Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Nike...
Also, Decentius as Caesar, a coin I am pulling the trigger on this morning. 24mm, 5.39 grams DN DECENTIVS CAESAR Reverse: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG...
Arcadius: GLORIA ROMANORVM type. Arcadius, A.D. 395-408 AE22, 5.7 grams, Antioch mint Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped,...
I recall that in the show I Claudius Livia asked her family to remember the coin in the mouth for the boatman, otherwise he wouldn't row you...
Nope, unless you want the trip of your life!
Great write-up @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Claudius - Attaleia in Pamphylia, provincial bronze. [ATTACH] Nero - billon tetradrachm...
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