Interesting, indeed.
Beautiful! Lots of eye-appeal. It's just seen honest circulation.
Always cool to have a plate coin!
Looks OK to me.
Gallienus, AD 262-263. Rome mint. LIBERAL AVG S. Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC 227.
Compared to 20 years ago, demand for -- and prices of -- Roman provincials have gone up but imperial issues haven't kept pace. In recent...
Scarce one and well-preserved.
Interesting and historical type. I'm happy you found one.
Gotta love a well-preserved AE2!
Nice provenance on the OP! The oldest tag I have is this 44-year-old dealer tag, recording a purchase made in March, 1973: [ATTACH] Here's...
That portrait has a very nice style, indeed! Here's a Ceres sestertius from a later era: [ATTACH] Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141 Roman...
Sounds like a fun time! I like the Probus with the SALVS reverse and the neck-bearded Tacitus. Problem-free coins of this era always pique my...
A beauty! Definitely a coin to be proud of.
It's interesting that in the restriking process, the metal flowed in concentric circular waves, like the surface of water after a stone's throw.
That's a beauty!!
That's quite a collection you've got going there, @Bing . As you've mentioned, these coins circulated for decades and the typical example is worn...
A coin with a lot of eye appeal and exceptional style.
Very nice! I'd like to have an example of that sestertius.
Very interesting! Most "restruck brockages" are actually die-clashes! That's one's the real deal! This is the only brockage I own. It's darkly...
Thanks! I'd really be interested in what it has to say.
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