The style of the portrait seems "off," not resembling other portraits I've ever seen on Mamaea coins from the Rome mint. There are some denarii of...
That's very interesting and I can't help but think it was deliberate on the celator's part. Cool find!
Most informative, as always, @dougsmit. Thank you so much! What an educational and relevant page you have on the subject of die clashes!
Thanks, all!
Denarius of Julia Maesa has an ill-defined empress-shaped incuse area behind a well-struck Juno on the reverse. Any idea what happened? A brockage...
Wow!
Congratulations on your engagement!
Very nice and fun coins! Hope 2017 brings you such joy in collecting!
Very nice! Here's mine. It's a bit weakly struck on the obverse: [ATTACH]
It ain't cheap, but trust me, it's what a beginning collector of early 4th century bronze is looking for:...
Very probably fake. How much does it weigh (in grams)?
My goals are always rather vague--because I never know what will be in an upcoming auction, but here are some: I have an uncleaned lot of...
Doing a Google search for the only part of the legend I can read with certainty, "VTONO" yields this: [ATTACH] And I think, based on this, the...
Here is Demetrius I's mom! [ATTACH] Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV. Selucia in Pieria, 175-164 BC AE 3.33 gm;...
I love it! You know how much I like those Venus Victrix reverse types! I still don't have one of Sabina, such as yours. [ATTACH]
That's a fantastic Secret Santa gift!!! Here's an Antioch tet with his wife to go with it! [ATTACH]
I only have one coin from this city: [ATTACH] Livia, wife of Augustus, and Julia, daughter of Augustus Roman provincial AE 18 Mysia, Pergamon,...
Some budget 12-Caesars: Augustus provincial of Colonia Romula, SGI 189: [ATTACH] Caligula provincial of Carthago Nova, SGI 419: [ATTACH]...
We're both correct. "In modern practice, the term stigma is often applied to the symbol ϛ both in its function as a ligature and as a numeral,...
Lovely coins. I especially like the Marc Antony and the big Otacilia Severa (and all the more for the story behind it).
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