Water softener (sodium sesquicarbonate) is safer for your coins than citric acid. You can even spare a patina if you are careful. This was the...
That's an interesting LITTLE coin. I, too, think it's interesting the coin depicts Athena, because the main Parthian religions were Zoroastrianism...
Do you have any coin-themed decor in the house? This one adorns the wall above my desk, where I do all my coin-collecting: [ATTACH]
This is my favorite Caracalla because it really makes him look like a thug! [ATTACH]
Cool! I did a little photo-processing. Please feel free to download it for your use. Welcome to the ancient forum! [ATTACH]
Masterpiece Theater should have produced "I Claudius II" -- not a sequel, but a drama about Claudius Gothicus. And it should have starred Buddy...
What annoys me is the term, "centration dimple," because they don't have anything to do with centration. The indentations almost certainly...
Not only is that an apparently rare coin, but it is well-struck and well-preserved. That reverse is lovely.
RIC III does not distinguish between aes and dupondii for the Antonine women, listing them together under "As." The search terms used were...
The counterparts to this coin are the similarly-posed ones with Juno -- the wife of Jupiter -- standing left with a peacock (her sacred animal) at...
I've been researching this recent acquisition: [ATTACH] Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175 Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g,...
Zumbly's right. CTRA would be short for στρατιά (army). My response above edited so as to not mislead anyone.
M WT CEOVHPA CE = M(arcia) Ot(acilia) Severa Ce(baste) M(ater) CTPA (stratia=army) So, Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta mother of the army.
Very nice example of that type.
Fantastic!
Online research this morning on the Faustina II dupondius. It appears to be much scarcer than RIC would imply. RIC says 1650 is "common."...
Nice!! I still do not have one of these in my collection.
No tets of Numerian, but I have a Diocletian with the exact same Athena Nikephoros seated reverse: [ATTACH] Diocletian, AD 284-305 Roman billon...
Don't you love it when you capture a holy-grail coin? Great write-up.
Looks like Gallienus to me, too.
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