That's interesting but also a little weird. The obverse dies were usually set in an anvil, whereas the reverse dies were typically hand-held. To...
Exactly.
I have always appreciated the portraiture on the issues for Faustina under her father, Antoninus Pius. This is my favorite sestertius of hers,...
Nice! I have a couple of Nero tets from Alexandria: [ATTACH] Nero and Poppaea [ATTACH] Nero and Claudia Octavia
Here's mine. It has the SC in the exergue. [ATTACH] Faustina Sr, AD 138-141 Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 26.57 gm; 32.5 mm Rome, AD 147 Obv:...
RIC 103a The position of the SC is a die variant and not a separate catalog listing. [ATTACH]
Very cool!
Gorgeous!!
My brassiest coin is this sestertius of Faustina Junior. [ATTACH]
My latest group lot: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These worked out to $8.47 a coin, shipping and buyer's commission included: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@David Atherton is a fan of "The Family Circus" one-panel comic strip and Vespasian's distorted head looks like one of the Keane kids?
This fellow here, Tiberius Julius Mithradates of the Bosporus Kingdom, is the great-great grandson of your Mithradates. He is depicted with his...
This is one I love for its portrait style. It's also a little double struck with a lot of flow lines: [ATTACH] Reverse is COS IIII, Annona...
On issues of women--because they don't wear the radiate crown--it means a double denomination, i.e. an Antoninianus. Note that men have the...
This marriage issue of Gordian III and Tranquillina from Anchialus in Thrace is double struck, more apparent on the obverse. [ATTACH]
Only one dog coin, sadly enough. ARTEMIS WITH HUNTING DOG: [ATTACH] Faustina Jr., 147-175 Roman provincial AE 8.88 gm; 25.1 mm Thrace,...
Well, it's reasonably complete but struck with a worn reverse die: [ATTACH] Cornelia Salonina, AD 253-268 Roman AE Antoninianus, 3.25 g; 21.5 mm...
Those are wonderful additions to your collection!
Yeah, I don't know what kind of animal that's supposed to be.
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