A new Gallienus: [ATTACH] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 267-268. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate...
Very nice!
@furryfrog02 -- you might be interested in this novel, a whodunnit set in Roman Britain. This particular one in the series (with the denarii of...
With the plating intact, it wasn't obvious to the average Roman buying leather goods or wine at the market. That coin may have suckered hundreds...
A well-defined set of a dozen would be to collect the Dii Consentes, represented by twelve gilt statues in the Forum of Ancient Rome, six gods and...
I have an ancient forgery from about this same time period. It combines the obverse of Orbiana with a reverse of her mother-in-law, Julia Mamaea:...
Oh, it's ancient alright -- made by a forger who has been dead for 1750 years or so.
You've done all the right things. You couldn't find it because it's not an official issue. It's an ancient counterfeit, made by combining an...
Salus (Ὑγιεία -- Hygieia to the Greeks), being the daughter of Aesculapius and of Minerva, was worshiped as a goddess of health, safety, and the...
That legionary tet of Carinus is a nice-looking coin, @dougsmit . It's well-centered, well-struck, and depicts the emperor with a neck beard that...
Here's a new acquisition. Dig that hairdo! [ATTACH] Sabina, AD 128-137. Roman provincial Æ hemiassarion, 3.83 g, 17 mm. Phrygia, Ancyra. Obv:...
Ha!! I love it!
Well, when I take off my trifocals and hold it real close to my eyes, I see 3011. But then again, they don't call me Senex Caecilius (blind old...
What a pretty patina!!
We cross-posted, @dougsmit and @TIF . You wrote your replies while I was in the process of writing my answer. I leave it up here for those who...
I think you got an excellent deal on that coin, because what other hobby would allow you to get a genuine ancient artifact to hold in your hand...
Gorgeous!
I would buy it, but only because I like Gallienus, it's got a nice portrait, and I don't already have a PIETAS AVG reverse type.
Man, that Pan reverse type is CREEPY!
A new acquisition. I have always wanted a coin with this reverse type because the god's panther is cool! Dionysos (Bacchus to the Romans) was the...
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