What a year!
All are fantastic and you should be proud of all of them! I particularly like the Nero, the Gordian III, and the Alexander the Great!
Fascinating coins! Interesting jetons -- an area of numismatics about which I know little.
I was going to wait for a few more weeks to post this because the year isn't over yet. But I don't want to miss out on all the fun and if I get...
Oh, boy! Gallienus and Salonina time! It's just that I have so many! I'll do the Alexandrian tets, though, because the portraiture is so nice:...
That's Elagabalus, who had two main varieties of obverse legend: one derived from IMP CAES M AVR AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG by contraction or omission;...
Typo.
Very interesting reverse type on that Caracalla from Macedon!
Centaurs FTW!!
Wow! What a great year you had!
Love that FH from Alexandria!
Valerian: [ATTACH] Mariniana: [ATTACH]
It's the photo from the auction. A plate coin, I guess.
That's interesting. I had no idea about this. The Royal Mint has an article about it, I see.
Yes, here's one of Diadumenian from Nicopolis: [ATTACH]
Fascinating coins, @dougsmit , and a fascinating write-up. I always like to read about what makes a coin interesting beyond grade or rarity. I...
[ATTACH] Liberalitas was the personification of the Roman virtue of generosity. Liberalitas was employed as a propaganda vehicle by Roman...
Indeed. Artemis Phosphoros is literally translated into Latin as Diana Lucifera.
I'm expecting mine any day now. Hopefully in today's mail!
T-Bone and Volusian: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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