I shall not mention the name of the auction house because the auction is still active, but this denarius of Faustina Senior carries a starting bid...
No. Frank sells Slavey copies, etc., always being honest and upfront about what they are. His starting bid reflects his belief that the coin is a...
You're welcome! You'll find provincial issues are a great supplement to Roman imperial issues, with fascinating reverse types you don't find...
The construction of the temple to Diva Faustina, which was later rededicated to Divus Antoninus and Diva Faustina, began in the year following the...
On the obverse, I think yes. The reverse I don't think so.
Wow! If there were such as thing as a proof coin in ancient Rome, that would be it! No wonder the goddess is on the edge of her seat with...
Look at whatever letters you can see in the inscription with the coin in hand (it may take various angles of light and whatnot) and see how they...
Cool! I'm glad you found an obverse die match!
@Greg Heinrich - just like I found the auction where your coin previously appeared, in the course of researching this, I found the source of mine!...
Then there's IOVI VLTORI, "Jupiter the Avenger," though this is not exactly the most macho depiction of the god. [ATTACH] Gallienus, AD...
I tried to register for this particular platform and it was onerous and intrusive (Driver's license number? Birth date? City where I was born?)....
Frank's latest auction is up and running, but on an auction platform now. No more e-mail bidding.
Yes, it's Gordian III and very similar to this one sold by H.D. Rauch: [ATTACH]
The coin is a military standards reverse from Nicaea in Bithynia, similar to this one of Severus Alexander, which reads ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ. [ATTACH] I...
@Greg Heinrich -- although the state of preservation between these coins is suboptimal, I believe your coin is a reverse die-match to Woodward...
On reverses, it's easier to see die-matches because the devices typically have unique features in addition to the inscriptions. Our Didia Clara...
The key to looking for die matches on obverses is to look at the inscriptions, paying attention to the spacing of the letters, any letters that...
No, I'm not saying that at all. I was searching at acsearchinfo for a die-match to your coin and I found the actual coin, so I posted it. What I...
It helps, too, to find die-matches with pedigreed examples: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 106, lot 1574, May 9, 2018. Ex...
Greg's coin was sold last year by Numismatik Naumann: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4337979
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