In the ten months since I first posted about this coin, I have performed a census of known specimens and have found an obverse die-match on a coin...
Here's one from about the year 17 or 18! :joyful: [ATTACH]
Nice one, @Shea19 ! What a way to start the new year! Here are a couple of Alexandrian tets of Nero from my collection: [IMG] Nero and Claudia...
Great addition to your collection, @TIF !
I wish I had more to post. Share your Pax coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Lamborghini example is not within the context of ancient coins, though.
It's about right for $60. Yes, the obverse is weakly struck, but the surfaces are nice and the reverse is exceptional.
I disagree also. Rarity refers strictly to number in existence.
I suspect the reverse figure is Demeter seated left, holding corn ears and torch. The provincial equivalent of this reverse: [ATTACH]
Lovely coins, @Luke B ! What a way to start off the new year. That Diva Faustina II consecration issue is enviable! Here are a few of mine:...
Taking PIVS to be a "nickname," I offer this: [ATTACH] Next: Annona with three or more of the following attributes: Grain ears, modius,...
The portrait on this Rome mint denarius looks much more like the bust in the Capitoline Museum ... [ATTACH] ... than does this provincial from...
I love the horses on the reverse and the rich, brown patina. Nice choice!
I have several coins in my collection which are known from only a few examples cited in museum collections and online databases. I personally...
That's cool, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! I only have the full version. I think its weird die-axis was specifically to allow cutting it in half,...
These are my largest Roman Provincials, but neither are close to 40 mm: [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217 Roman provincial Æ 29.3 mm, 13.67 g, 6 h....
The experts here on eastern mint Severan denarii are @maridvnvm and @dougsmit . Hopefully, they'll drop by to give you their thoughts. My guess is...
It's a lovely coin. It's a double die-match to the example in the British Museum: Your coin followed by the British Museum example: [ATTACH]...
The first one is of one of the three sons of Constantine (Constans, Constantine II, and Constantius II). You can see D N CONSTAN ... in the...
I pulled out RIC3 this morning, and I note that Mattingly and Sydenham* discuss it there and I wonder if Mattingly simply felt it would be...
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