... that our coins are one year even more ancient! Have a great year, everyone! TEMPORVM FELICITAS! [ATTACH]
No. Like a Labrador retriever on a walk in the woods, I got distracted by other things and never went back to look more into it!
That's a nice sestertius, indeed, but that one is a sestertius and mine's a dupondius.
That's MY coin -- but note the auction misidentified it as a sestertius. Here it is next to a sestertius, so you can compare: [ATTACH]
You might be interested in this thread, in which I discuss this coin and its dating. [IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC? 133-27 BC? Bronze Æ 15.7...
Wow! I love it when an undertype is so recognizable. Interesting and educational purchase.
[ATTACH] Faustina Senior, AD 138-141. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h. Rome, AD 140-141. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA,...
Lovely coins, @thejewk ! As you know, I'm partial to the Faustinas. That AETERNITAS with the starry veil is a stunner! Nicer than the British...
I only have one tetradrachm of Claudius from Alexandria, purchased in the pre-internet auction days. [ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54. Billon...
Great coins! My favorites are the crescent and stars issue of Septimius Severus and the Maesa with the diademed bust. The Macrinus is exceptional,...
Here's Nike in a biga: [IMG] Philistis, wife of Hieron II. Greek AR 5 litrae. Syracuse 270-230 BCE, 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm. Obv: Diademed and veiled...
I'm a magpie collector within the imperial Roman sphere, so I buy a little of this and a little of that. I have several subcollections and...
It's a book.
It's not quite as simple. Dinsdale* has identified 5 phases for her posthumous issues, based upon die-linkage studies initiated by Martin...
I'll take your word for it being "coppery" in hand, but in the photo it looks very much like orichalcum. Guess you'll just have to call it "second...
That's lovely, @red_spork ! Nice acquisition with which to end the year! I like a Diana and dog scene: [IMG] Gallienus, AD 153-268. Roman...
Lovely toning on that one, @NLL ! Here's an elephant: [IMG] Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 247. Obv:...
Nobody had a Visigothic one, I guess, and it's been nearly two days. So, I'll revive the thread with this one -- a FELICITAS with a caduceus:...
Same obverse die; three different reverse types: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm thinking a figure with a raised right arm, perhaps Serapis: [ATTACH]
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