About three months after Diocletian had defeated Carinus, he accorded Maximian the rank of Caesar. Most historians agree this occured on July 21,...
Nice one! It's little things like this that make collecting interesting. My pediment is relatively austere, with only a wreath for decoration:...
Grading is secondary, maybe tertiary, when it comes to an ancient coin's desirability. Depending on the issue and on the collector, artistic style...
Excellent start to your collection! Each of your coins features something interesting and noteworthy. 1. Caracalla antoninianus -- Caracalla was...
What do you think, @furryfrog02 ?
Fantastic! Those are my kind of coins! I, too, subscribe to the "I simply bought what I liked" philosophy of coin collecting! After all, what's...
That's lovely, @arizonarobin !
Flames: [IMG] Crispina, AD 180-182 Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 19.5 mm, 11 h Rome, AD 177-180 Obv: CRISPINA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust,...
***SPOILER ALERT*** Caesar gets stabbed to death by assassins.
That's cool -- what image is that in the countermark?
While you're correcting that one, you'll want to note it's not a variant of RIC 2, but RIC 12b, RSC 16.
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Yeah, that Netflix show is loosey-goosey with the history. Maybe I'm being picky, but it bothered me to see Crispina (played by Ella Becroft)...
Now would be the time for @Ken Dorney to post his Hieron II coin with a pedigree older than @dougsmit !
I have a subcollection of Antonine women that keeps me on the lookout for scarce or rare variants. I acquire them when I am able and today I...
That's a great article!
Dos equis coming up! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman Æ Centenionalis, 2.59 g, 18.4 mm. Aquileia, AD 321. Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS...
What a beautiful coin! The iridescent toning is icing on the cake, too!
Cool! An ancient Roman historian writing about the draco! I'm going to edit my OP and cite that!
I'm not the one who discovered this. Sear notes he was set straight by Mr. Alexandru Marian of Romania. And it IS obvious when you look at the...
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