Nice start, I like the Castulo too.
[img] Aurelian (270 - 275 A.D.) Æ Antoninianus O: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: ORIENS AVG , Sol advancing left,...
Very nice example, reverse is the one common though. Mine is the less common reverse. Silvering is under the green crust & not bronze disease....
Those would be good to use as a giveaway or conversation pieces.
Surprised you didn't keep it.
New year, new coins. Latest addition is a coin I got from another collector here. It wasn't something I needed but it was one of the few coins...
New year, new coins. Latest addition is a coin I got from JA. It wasn't something I needed but it was one of the few coins that screamed "buy me"....
I like both coins. Nice final additions for the year.
Have a great new year, everyone.
Great additions, David. I like the first one especially.
[img] Titus (79 - 81 A.D.) AR Denarius O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M•, laureate head right. R: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, facing empty...
Thanks, interesting read.
Great coins, really like the Hadrian & Constantius I.
I love the jet black silver. I even pay a small premium if it's an ebay auction or something. True it's hard to know if it was natural or liver of...
Nice writeup and cool coin, especially since it's from antioch. [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD AR Antoninianus O: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS...
Very cool, Eric.
Big blowout, lovely grab.
Beautiful, still dont have a coin with a owl as the main reverse figure. Maybe it will change in 2016.
Great coins, love the Octavian and Commodus.
I think the smoothing is OK on it. Better then tooling. Nice bronze though.
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