Both nice coins. Of the two, the Faustina is a better value for the price (a good value, actually). Here's my example of that coin: [ATTACH]...
Macedonian horses ... Philip or Alexander: [ATTACH] Philip: [ATTACH] Philip II of Macedon AE 6.30 gm; 18.6 mm Obv: Diademed head of Apollo,...
This Licinius II, too... [ATTACH] Licinius II, Caesar, AD 317-324 Roman Æ follis; 17.55 mm; 3.36 gm Antioch, AD 317-318 Obv: D N VAL LICIN...
Lovely 1st century bronzes! I love the way the drapery on Libertas is so carefully rendered on the sestertii! The golden age of Roman engraving!
Found this in a bulk lot and I'm not sure what it is. It's not in RIC or at Wildwinds. It's clearly orichalcum and the size and weight of a...
Unless there is something really special about the galley reverse, I think the first one--the portrait is better, the legend is better and it has...
Post 'em if you got em! [ATTACH] Severus Alexander, AD 222-235 Roman Æ sestertius; 21.72 gm Rome, AD 229 Obv: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, Laureate...
Nice-looking coins! Collecting LRBCs is fun because of all the different mints and issues. Here are a few from my collection: [ATTACH] Licinius...
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I suspect Wildwinds has misattibuted that coin. I have four Gordian III sestertii and they are as big as those of Severus Alexander, Orbiana,...
Here are some low-grade but beloved coins in my collection. They must have circulated for decades. I like to imagine they are impregnated with...
Capricorn--you can even see the ears and forelegs! Compare: [ATTACH]
Tooled for sure! Glad you returned it.
Faustina Senior received the title of Augusta not long after Antoninus Pius' accession, probably early in AD 139, but died only two years later....
Freaky-lookin' Genius with elf shoes and prominent nipples. No Victoriola, though. [ATTACH] This an abdication issue struck in Maximian's 2nd...
[ATTACH] COS IIII, Annona standing left holding corn-ears over modius left and anchor. RIC-175, RSC-284, RCV-4067 var.
Lovely!
Minor bronzes of Gordian are not common. You got a good deal!
It's the way the bases of the thrones are often portrayed. This is a particularly clear example: [ATTACH]
Here he is with a horn on his head! [ATTACH] Elagabalus, AD 218-222 Roman AR Denarius; 18.3 mm, 3.20 gm Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and...
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