Nice one, @furryfrog02 ! Severina's hairstyle and portraiture is very much mint-dependent. The portrait style is quite pleasing on your coin....
That's an interesting portrait for Aurelian. As you know, most of them are cartoonishly malproportioned, with giraffe necks, melon-heads, or other...
Savoca has done the right thing and has withdrawn the forgery from the sale.
Limes denarii are usually base-metal versions of official issues and were probably not counterfeits, but officially issued under certain...
I bought this from a V-coins dealer who described it as a "hybrid mule type with reverse of Julia Domna." However, he erred in saying its reverse...
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Lovely coin! These well-circulated coins are evidence of how prosperous the empire was in the Antonine era. Think of the thousands of transactions...
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Gorgeous!
Gorgeous coin, @David Atherton ! A great addition to your Flavian collection! Here's a bargain and a Victory: My very best uncleaned score is...
There's a sucker born every minute, no? Tranquillina denarii are something you'd only buy in a Triton, Gemini, Berk or NAC sale, not from some...
Cool bronze drachm! And quite a provenance, too! You have more coins depicting chariots being pulled by non-equine creatures than anyone I know!
Why would an honest dealer block a bidder? That should be enough for you to never do business with this seller again.
I've wanted one of these ever since I saw @Pishpash 's example. I've asked before and I'll ask again, "Is there anything cooler than Cybele riding...
There are several variations in the Gallienus zoo series that depict centaurs with the reverse inscription APOLLINI CONS AVG, meaning roughly "to...
Wow! That's quite a resource!
Another fun one from the 1822 Mionnet catalog! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are some public domain sources: @Ed Snible has compiled the BMC catalogs Akerman AMNG Ia, Ib, IIIa and IIIb Cohen Dattari vol 1 and vol 2...
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