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Cool! I have a dupondius depicting the funeral pyre of Commodus' grandmother, Faustina I! [ATTACH]
I rarely collect modern coins but enjoy commemorative halves. I decided to get this one. Thanks for the tip.
That's lovely! As a general rule, portraits of Faustina I with a veiled bust are more rare than their corresponding bare-headed versions. I have...
In the course of looking up a coin in the British Museum collection, I noticed the museum gives as "production place" the following: "Minted in:...
Lovely example, @David Atherton ! Spes is probably the most frequently encountered reverse type on sestertii of Aelius: [ATTACH] Aelius, Caesar...
At first I thought this reverse inscription read LAETITIA AVGG (with two Gs) but, unsurprisingly, that reverse inscription only occurs with...
That's MARS VLTOR on the reverse. The obverse reads IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG and though much of the bust is off the flan, I think it's the bust right,...
Just heard this tune on the radio and it, of course, reminds me of a coin! Handel's opera is about Berenice III, however, not Berenice II. No...
Lanz is a respected dealer.
Up until recently, well-struck and well-centered examples brought $1000, but there has been a big hoard discovered and they are appearing on the...
Here's a severed head on a platter! [ATTACH] Maximinus II Daza, AD 309-313, as Augustus. Roman Æ follis, 21.4 mm, 4.88 g, 12 h. Antioch, AD 312....
How wonderful!! CT-members are THE BEST! Here's a Geta at the age of 13: [ATTACH] Geta as Caesar. AR denarius, 3.24 gm, 18.3 mm. Rome, AD...
Thanks, @TIF. Yours is a very nice coin, too.
A good line drawing can be as good as a photo for die-matching! [ATTACH] Germanicus, 15 BC - AD 19. Roman Æ as, 11.18 g, 27.5 mm, 7 h. Rome,...
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