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What a bizarre item! I wonder what its purpose originally was. Almost a kilogram in weight, too! But with a thread titled such as this, I'm not...
Nice! I know the joy of picking up a rare variety that went unnoticed.
Sorry about FFJr and his ear infections! Those things HURT! Really nice additions to your collection! Great toning on those Romans! I like the...
This toned antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus as Caesar features Apollo seated, holding a branch and leaning on a lyre. This is a common motif for...
They are so similar in style that I have to wonder if the dies for our coins were engraved by the same artist, even though they are from different...
Interesting one, @Clavdivs ! My favorite Licinius I: [IMG] Licinius I, AD 308-324 Roman billon follis Antioch, AD 321-323 Obv: IMP C VAL...
[IMG] Faustina Sr, AD 138-141. Roman AR denarius, 3.23 g, 18.6 mm, 6 h. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust, right Rev: AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing...
I love that Felicitas on the reverse! I buy more coins for their reverse than for their portraits!
Pleasing coin, @David Atherton ! Here's my most interesting Providentia: [IMG] Maximian, post-abdication, AD 305-306 Roman billon follis, 8.26 g,...
[ATTACH] Philip II of Macedon AE 6.30 gm; 18.6 mm Obv: Diademed head of Apollo, r. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback r.; thunderbolt below Refs:...
This Hadrian fourée denarius circulated for quite a while. Its fourée nature is only apparent because the plating has bubbled up in various places...
This was my first sestertius. I fell in love with its smooth black patina and it resulted in a lifelong Faustina fascination! [ATTACH] Faustina...
Lovely addition to your collection, @TIF !
The OP came with this old German-language collector's tag hand-written on cream-colored card stock. Does it look familiar to anyone? Anyone know...
That is a lovely portrait of the young Faustina issued under her dad. Here's my humbler example with a slightly different hairstyle: [ATTACH]
Tough one ... how about THIS one, issued by Marcus Didius Severus Julianus? [ATTACH] Manlia Scantilla, wife of Didius Julianus, Augusta, AD 193...
That is very interesting and certainly quite scarce. The coin is RIC 1179, Cohen 111 and BMC 1582, neither of which are listed as having a veiled...
Without even looking at the coin, I am very skeptical about the circumstances surrounding your post. This is a five-figure coin. See, for example,...
So many of these were struck for so many years that, stylistically, they can be all over the map. Mine is heavier: [IMG] Tiberius, AD 14-37....
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