Nice coin @TIF and an excellent write-up as well. Thank You.
Here's a Severus ex the @Sallent collection: Denarius of Severus featuring Neptune, most likely commemorating his visit to Britain by sea....
I found a buffalo head nickel in my change one time. It certainly circulated for a long time.
My most expensive sestertius is this one of Balbinus: Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius, 33mm, 22.9g, 12h; Rome mint. 1st emission. Obv.: IMP CAES...
Great write up and a beautiful example of the type.
Aurelian, the Restorer of the World. He defeated both barbarians in Europe and the Palmyrene empire in the East....
I am careful about not providing too much information online, no matter who the dealer/agency is. For example, I don't do online banking....
Nice coin. Here's one of his successor Iovianus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
12 hour rule but I will stay with the Egyptian theme: Maximinus Daia [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next: coin of Domitius Domitianus, Egyptian pretender
A small fortune at the time, indeed. Enough to buy a nice house in al-Fustat, the capital of Egypt. (Now part of Cairo's old city)
Nice coin @Orfew and I learned that there is a IVDAEA DEVICTA type. Wasn't aware of this.
I liked the 2nd one the best.
Kind of depressing - the loss feels the same whether the lot is inexpensive or expensive. I've only had it happen once before when an envelope...
Sestertius: Typical oblong flan of the mid third century Sestertii: Severus Alexander, 222-235 A.D. VICTORIA AVGVSTI [IMG] [IMG]
I also agree...
Can't believe it but my earliest spread wing is Elagabalus. Elagabalus, 218-222 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria AR Tetradrachm, struck 218-220...
Nice write up. Thanks. Here's one of mine: Trajan Decius A.D. 249-251 AR Antoninianus, 4.1 grams, 23 mm Rome mint Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAJANVS...
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