If you're going to do so, BE SURE you know what you're talking about. For example, when I first posted this sestertius of Didia Clara, I was told...
Interesting story behind that coin! Thanks for the informative write-up, @David Atherton ! Here's a couple from my collection featuring captives...
It's supposed to say VABALATHVS V C R IMP D R over the portrait of Vabalathus (the laureate bust) and it says IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG on both sides....
Sounds like a great show! I hope you'll post some coin photos soon!
Welcome back, @PillarsOfEternity ! Lovely coin. I only have two Fides militum coins, one of Macrinus (which depicts Fides militum, but without the...
Nice coins, @Ryro . I love those diademed busts of hers!
I have had an example of this coin in my collection for many years, but I was never happy with its rough, corroded surfaces. I had the opportunity...
Not Geta -- see the radiate crown? That indicates it's an antoninianus, a denomination introduced in AD 215, after Geta's death. This youthful...
Nice one, @Marsyas Mike ! It has a lovely patina, too. Here's my Gallienus zoo goat: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus and Manlia Scantilla, Augusta, AD 193. Roman Æ Sestertius, 21.16 g, 30.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 193....
I added another to my collection from today's Ares auction. [ATTACH] Anonymous issue under Maximinus II. Roman billon quarter follis, 1.35 g,...
You don't know what the other bidder's max was. You might have lost to a $5200 bid, but it went for one increment above your bid.
Are you calling this one off-center? [ATTACH]
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I have six sestertii from the reign of Philip I. Their weights are 15.11 g, 19.61 g, 11.52 g, 17.45 g, 14.33 g, and 19.43 g. I have two aes,...
Yes, it's the same as this official issue of hers: [ATTACH] Plautilla, AD 202-205. Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 18.6 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 202. Obv:...
I have a base-metal denarius of Plautilla that falls into this category but it lacks the detail in the inscription that yours has: [ATTACH]
It's astonishing how many of these are misattributed, making the same confusion between U and G as I did.
Indeed. As @TIF says, "Always learning."
This one from my collection is a year 5 from Nicomedia. Note the shape of the U: [ATTACH]
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