Very interesting write-up, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Cool coins!! Indeed. Banduri, writing in 1718, identifies her as the wife of Carus, not...
Nice write-up and a beautiful dupondius! Here's a fairly recent acquisition. [ATTACH]
Love that wild boar going surfing on a tunny! Eye-candy!
Four Fabulous coins! Eye candy for sure!
Awesome start to a new collection! This has a little bit of everything to like, from FDC LRBCs to a delightful dual-portrait coin of Gordian III...
Diana Lucifera is usually depicted with one long torch and often with the crescent moon on her shoulders. Ceres/Demeter depicted with a lighted...
Really interesting provincials here! I like the Phocaea bronze with the two turreted goddesses, each holding a patera and tympanum. I also like...
Beautiful and interesting coins, @Ancient Aussie ! I really like the Juba, the Hadrian from Bithynia, and that Maxentius has incredible detail!
Koinon of Macedonia: [IMG] Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235. Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h. Koinon of Macedon. Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV,...
Stunning!
Here's another L ΔⲰΔƐΚΑΤΟV ("year twelve") from the reign of Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH]
Obverse is translated "Antoninus Avg Pius." Reverse is translated "Year twelve."
Fantastic acquisitions for your collection! I share your appreciation for the Julius Caesar and Octavian sestertius! It's a hefty one, full of...
Then you should be using the Sulzer catalog! [ATTACH]
Nice additions to your collection this past year! I particularly like the Severus Alexander from Antioch.
You acquired some real beauties for your collection this year, @Orielensis ! I love the bracteats and the Capito serrate denarius. Stunning!
Superb coins! I like the Valerian hexassarion.
I received mine today and it is huge and amazing! I'll post it when Saturnalia approaches.
Yep. 5th death anniversary.
Concerning "opinion" in the works of Marcus Aurelius, "opinion" is how some translators have rendered the Greek ὑπόληψις. The word appears twice...
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