Feel free to post any coins you deem relevant. I'd love to see them! Over the years, numismatists have wondered who is depicted on this coin, a...
I started out as a one of each emperor/empress collector and then, when certain ones were clearly out of my price range and I had acquired all the...
Because 16 people liked this one: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-gordian-iii-sestertii-from-same-hoard.289500 but only 15 people liked...
I use the online one, mostly for fun or to confirm an attribution.
A couple of my favorites: [ATTACH] L. Mussidius Longus Rome mint, 42 BC 17.0 mm; 3.5 gm Obv: Bust of Marc Antony's 3rd wife, Fulvia, as Victory,...
This one (RIC-304a, from AD 243 when he is TRP VI and two years older) depicts him with sideburns. I don't think this one is from the same hoard,...
Sear 5th edition (5-volumes) and RIC. For Antonine coins, BMCRE is a great go-to resource. I'd actually like all volumes of it, but they don't...
I don't know any details about the hoard, but some of the sestertii in the hoard included Philip I, Julia Mamaea, Maximinus Thrax, and Gordian...
They aren't gems by any means, but the whole lot is worth much more than $100 if sold separately. The Probus tetradrachm alone would be a good...
1. Magnentius (?) follis with large Chi-Rho and alpha and omega reverse. 2. Sestertius of Trajan from AD 112, Arabia with camel 4. Sestertius of...
5. Bronze As of Augustus, issued by Tiberius 6. Tetradrachm of Alexandria. I'm not sure who is depicted on it. 7. Bronze sestertius or...
8. Follis of Constantius, Genius standing left, modius on head 9. Antoninianus of Claudius II "Gothicus" 10. Antoninianus of Gordian III
Frank Robinson always grades conservatively.
I've been in Las Vegas all week and missed out on most of the fun (I did manage to identify #4 on the other thread as a Helena PAX PVBLICA...
By the way, the figure on the obverse of #3 is Jesus.
There's this one of Theodosius I with Princess Leia and R2D2 on the reverse, with Admiral Akbar's ship hovering over the Princess' elbow: [ATTACH]
#4 is a billon reduced Centenionalis (denomination) of Helena, mother of Constantine I (the Great), issued by his sons to commemorate their...
For someone who has stated that he has no interest in ancient coins, you sure spend a lot of time at this board.
This guy's attitude is so self-absorbed, he expects ancient collectors to care about his moderns and then gets upset if we tell him he's in the...
I know the feeling. I lost out on this beauty a few months ago at Roma's auction. [ATTACH]
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