Here is my example of the OP denarius, purchased in 2008 at a local show for $55. It isn't as artistic in style or in as high a grade as the CNG...
This posthumous commemorative of Antonia, the wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, was issued under her son, Claudius. [ATTACH] Antonia, Augusta AD 37...
There are a lot of coins with young children as caesar, but as actual augustus, Elagabalus is one of the younger ones, assuming sole power on the...
For me -- but only for my subspecialty collections -- rarity trumps grade.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sear Greek 6741 and 6742. That's all I got.
@Julius Germanicus and @Suarez make two important points: 1. You can use die-matching to attribute coins as to issuing authority or to...
This Dupondius came with an old French collector's tag: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this one came with a Stoecklin tag: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a brockage of a Faustina II provincial: [IMG] Faustina Jr. AD 147-175 Uncertain provincial mint. 7.93 gm; 23.9 mm Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ,...
I have only one of Commagene and it is slightly scaphoid, so the concavity shouldn't bother you. The countermark on the obverse is interesting but...
Here's my example of this coin -- UNtooled. [ATTACH]
That is one well-researched coin, @Julius Germanicus ! Nice write-up! Here's one that doesn't have nearly as interesting a reverse type, but its...
Lovely coin, Ken. Here is one with a squarish flan: [IMG] Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251 Roman orichalcum sestertius, 14.04 gm, 28.3 mm Rome,...
I have a two-step approach to assessing rarity -- counting other examples at online databases and doing die-studies: 1) I look up examples in all...
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Nice!
I love to flyspeck at Savoca's Blue auctions, because the coins are unattributed and often pass unnoticed by bidders who are more interested in...
There are four different denarii issued for Julia Domna -- produced by three different mints -- depicting VENVS FELIX (Happy Venus). Post...
I might have another, but this was the first one I could think of. [IMG] Caracalla AD 198-217. Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g, 19.7 mm. Rome mint, AD...
Baby Jupiter on a goat: [ATTACH] Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h. Cologne, AD 257-258. Obv:...
It is also my impression -- not scientifically validated -- that dupondii tend to develop black patinas and aes tend to develop emerald green...
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