Yes ... I was concentrating too much on the reverse type and didn't notice the difference in obverse legend.
Like this one: [ATTACH] RIC 1268; Cohen 1008. Not in the British Museum collection. Here's the listing in BMCRE4: [ATTACH]
The obverse of this one has die damage affecting Serapis' modius and Gordian's name in the legend. It's present on numerous coins struck with this...
$42. I would have expected ~ $90 if sold raw at an auction site catering to ancient coin collectors.
I wonder if whoever slabbed this realizes that the dreaded "F" (as opposed to MS-66 or whatever the current beauty standard is these days) on the...
Fascinating item! I only have an antoninianus: [IMG] Vabalathus, AD 270-272 and Aurelian, AD 270-275. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.58 gm, 20.4...
Very nice coin, @Valentinian ! Or here. [ATTACH]
Here's one with a rather pedestrian reverse type and ridiculously irregular lettering in the obverse inscription: [IMG] Volusian, 251-253. Roman...
The shell of this building still survives in the Roman Forum, enclosing the church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda. You may see photos and read about it...
Prutah minted in Jerusalem under Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC. Hendin 1150; Meshorer group K.
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I just heard from Curtis Clay at Harlan J. Berk about this! He was kind enough to reply to my inquiry and writes: I spent about an hour on you...
That irks me, too.
I try to take great pains to attribute the coins properly when I acquire them and I own BMCRE, RIC and Sear. However, there are times when I have...
Taking into account the cost of inflation, it was probably this one, purchased some decades ago. It actually looks quite a bit better in hand:...
Moushmov 2920 is close: "Fighter naked standing right, holding long palm and wreath; urn below, E in field." I just don't see an urn below on your...
Very astute observation! Exactly analogous, I think.
I'm VERY skeptical of the "drapery fold" theory, @Insider and @paddyman98 . Here are some other examples: Bertolami: [ATTACH] CNG: [ATTACH]...
Just acquired this sestertius of Faustina II, struck during the reign of her father, Antoninus Pius. The issue I'm struggling with is that the...
Nice! I like the Atargatis riding the lion. The only thing similar in my collection is this one: [IMG] Julia Domna AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ...
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