Wow! That's what you call high-grade!
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The second one ends in VOLVSIANO AVG.
A denarius was a lot of money -- about a full day's wages for a day-laborer or soldier.
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I like like holding ancient artifacts in my hand, marveling at how they are more than 1800 years old. I love holding this sestertius, for example,...
Mariniana, wife of Valerian and mother of Gallienus: [ATTACH] Mariniana. Roman AR Antoninianus, 2,26 g, 22.2 mm 6h. Rome, AD 253-254. Obv: DIVAE...
As you know, I actively collect the coins of women of the Antonine dynasty and my focus of late has been on Faustina I. Here are a couple of coins...
Weird. I concur the reverse type is IMPERII FELICITAS. It clearly begins IMPER and ends in CITAS. However, the goddess here clearly holds a...
Not the most realistic depiction of the man: [ATTACH] Calligula AD 37-41. Roman provincial Æ 28 mm, 11.17 gm. Carthago Nova, Spain, AD 37-38 ....
Wow! Great find! [ATTACH]
I would like the Harlan J. Berk company to be in my neighborhood.
[ATTACH] Roman provincial AE 21 of Julia Soaemias from Sebaste in Samaria, Rosenberger 34 (BMC 18). The reverse depicts Pluto/Hades in galloping...
Interesting portrait, @gogili1977 ! The Numophylacium Sulzerianum, the catalog of the collection of Jacob Sulzer published in 1777, (incorrectly)...
Nice one, @Mat ! The boy looks rather petulant in that portrait. My only Diadumenian from Syria: [ATTACH]
Lovely coins and informative write-up, @Jochen ! I particularly like that Macrinus provincial. That is undoubtedly a cubit-rod she is holding. I...
I also have one of Septimius Severus, but very worn: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 Roman provincial Æ 25.2 mm, 9.95 g Moesia Inferior,...
I have one. REPARATI-O FEL TEMP from Constantinople. [ATTACH]
Interesting article, @Jochen . You might be interested in this post I wrote about the statue of Marsyas as depicted on coins of Deultum and...
Septimius Severus looks like a baby with a magnificent beard on this one: [ATTACH]
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