One of the coins with the oldest provenance in my collection is this one of Julia Domna, formerly owned by Clarence Bement (1843-1923): [IMG] It...
Nice one, ACH! You're right; a nice reverse is hard to come by on this issue. Here's mine, struck with the typically heavily worn-out reverse die:...
Interesting coin, Nemo! Wonderful acquisition for your collection. Here's the product of carelessness at the mint ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bing's Faustina I sestertius shows AETERNITAS seated. Here's a couple of Faustina and her daughter with AETERNITAS standing: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Lovely example and with an expressive portrait, too!
Nice! One of my favorite sestertii is a Philip II (same as yours): [ATTACH] Philip II as Caesar under Philip I, AD 244-247. Roman Æ sestertius,...
Just standing there, grazing ... [IMG] Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman provincial Æ 20.1 mm, 4.49 g, 1 h. Troas, Alexandria...
AE 4 of Marcian. It's 10.4 mm in diameter. [ATTACH]
While searching for coins of Nerva on biddr and V-coins, I kept getting listings for Domitian! I wondered what was going on until it dawned on me...
Lovely! How beautiful are those intaglios?
Not playing the game with this post, just commenting. Theme is still Republican bronze. Cool! I have the sestertius version: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Big nose? The difficult part was deciding which Nerva coin to post! [ATTACH] Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 2.65 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h. Rome, 18...
I'm a sucker for the Ancient Rome whodunnit genre. I have read the Ruth Downie Medicus series. Now I'm starting on this one, set in Britain during...
Maximian was the father of Constantine I's wife, Fausta. Here is a freaky-looking, bobbleheaded Maximian: [IMG] Maximian, post-abdication, AD...
I received this beauty as a Secret Saturnalia gift! [IMG] [IMG] GRATIAS TIBI, SECRET SATVRN!!!
That's a very nice sestertius! Much harder to come by than the antoninianus, too.
Cool version of "Dacia Victa"! Second Dacian war, I believe. Here's one of Trajan honoring Mars, the war-god who made it all possible. This is my...
Nerva says, "... with libertas and justitia for all": [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow! That's a scarce one! Lovely.
I can't help myself. I have to post my favorite zoo coin of all time: [ATTACH]
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