That's a lovely bust and an example of Bernini's skill, to be sure, but I've never thought Costanza Bonarelli to be anything more than...
Ooooh! Three Graces! [ATTACH]
With that "centration dimple" and small size (diassarion?), I'd look at coins from the Balkans, such as Marcianopolis or Nicopolis ad Istrum.
A couple of my favorite Claudius II coins. I like this one because it's from his very first issue and the Siscia mint portrait is particularly...
A holy-grail coin in any grade! Congrats!
One of my new ones--a Gallienus zoo coin! [ATTACH] Gallienus, AD 253-268 Roman billon Antoninianus; 3.53 g, 20.1 mm, 1 h Rome, AD 267-268 Obv:...
My only Antiochene tet: [ATTACH] Otacilia Severa, 244-249 Roman provincial AR tetradrachm; 12.23 g; 25.1 mm Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch...
Nice price on a nice coin! Spes is particularly well-rendered on that one!
From early in Nerva's reign. Post your Nervas! [ATTACH] Nerva, AD 96-98 Roman AR denarius; 3.38 g, 18.0 mm, 6 h Rome, Oct - Dec AD 96 Obv: IMP...
[ATTACH] Bulk lot specimen with a thick, detail-obscuring patina. There are three vertical dots between the two stars above the wolf on the...
I won't pass up an opportunity to display this one again: [ATTACH] Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII Seleucid AR...
Oh, I'm very aware.
I think they are genuine, just poorly photographed. They may have been cleaned with electrolysis or acid solutions (it's hard to say).
That's gorgeous! The only thing halfway relevant I have to contribute is this Alexandrian tet of his wife, Faustina II: [ATTACH] Faustina Jr, AD...
Great write-up, @zumbly ! Very intriguing reverse type, too. That's now another one on my want list.
My favorite piece in the whole museum, the Aphrodite Kallipygos: [ATTACH]
Nice coins! I think that's the result of the individual celator; she doesn't usually look that stern. There are a couple of VENVS GENETRIX...
It's not the highest grade example, but it's the real deal: [ATTACH] Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, 51-30 BCE AE 40 drachmai; 21.0 mm; 7.32 gm...
alright! Officina eta!
Nothing unique about this example. Officina Є for me. [ATTACH]
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