Yes indeed.
I use a regular magnifying glass I got for $8 at an office supply store.
The neckbeard is indeed nice!
Tacitus 275 - 276 Ӕ silvered Antoninianus, Rome, 275 21 x 23 mm - 4.07 g IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R/...
Carinus (283-284 A.D.) AE Tetradrachm of Alexandria, 19mm 7.19 grams Year 2 = 284 AD. Obverse: A K M A KAΡINOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust...
Thanks everybody for the interest. The cutoff for expressions of interest will be midnight Eastern time on April 27th...
I'm afraid I also have one of those tets to show - my only Numerian so far. Numerian, Feb/March 283 - Oct/Nov 284 A.D. Roman Provincial Egypt...
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Nick O'Media is fine so long as you say it with a British accent. Everyone knows that real Romans always had British (or Australian) accents. ;)
On the anniversary of joining CoinTalk nearly three years ago (April 28th, 2017) I will be giving away a coin by drawing on this April 28th. I...
Wow that's incredible Doug. Nice close in detail. My phone won't do that, I think.
Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E. 3.3 grams, 19.1 mm Obverse: Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG Reverse: PMTRP XVIII...
Not a kalathos, must be a modius.
Just a matter of going down there and digging it up. Kind of like Indiana Jones.
Interesting haul. The Star of David is fascinating. I wonder how old it is.
I heard the Ark of the Convenant is in Ethiopia. ;)
Yep.
All I can say about these heavy examples is that they approximate the weight that an antoninianus should have had if it was ostensibly worth 2...
Indeed!
Hairpiece made from the tresses of a young barbarian slave. (I've heard this was a common practice)!!!
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