The bite out of the rim probably occurred during flan preparation. Jere M. Wickens, in his essay, "The Production of Ancient Coins," written for...
And Victor comes through again! I've rotated the OP photos and cropped them down: [ATTACH] I have one similar to yours, not terribly...
Gorgeous! I love that Pupienus!! Not that the Faustina is bad, either; she's better than my humble example: [ATTACH]
Yes, it does. And that bug is A ROACH! [ATTACH]
Please remove the coin from its holder (it's only worth a dollar, if that--I'm not kidding) and photograph both sides and then post it in a...
Great site, @Valentinian ! Here's a Jovian from the Heraclea mint: [ATTACH] Jovian, AD 363-364. Roman Æ centenionalis, 3.06 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h....
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Oh, I'm not a condition crank either, @dougsmit . Those are lovely coins, each interesting in its own way. I think the barbarous one at the bottom...
Cool! Did you see what Frank Robinson had to say about these in his description of one in his latest auction? "Scarcer than the larger ones. (A VF...
Lovely denarius, @Greg Heinrich . Better than my example. Let's add some other denominations and reverse designs to the thread, shall we?...
Yeah! He looks like a boyish-Geta wearing a fake beard!
Nice write up and a good-lookin' coin, too! Here's a Septimius Severus denarius with a trophy and captives reverse from my collection: [ATTACH]...
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Hi, Frank! Welcome! If you search your name on this forum, you'll see you have quite a customer base/fan club here.
I wanted to show off a new Gordy and thought we might enjoy a big pile-on thread. Post your Gordian III provincial issues here! [ATTACH]...
@Sallent has provided a good answer to your question. You may also enjoy this thread about these snakes.
Oh, I've picked up mint state Faustina denarii for half the estimate: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Sallent 's house featured on CNN!! [MEDIA]
Let's make it a whole family of Antonine Salus reverse types: [ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.24 g, 18 mm. Rome, AD...
Yeah, that's freaky-looking! It looks like her right arm is some sort of two-headed snake!
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