Don't encourage him!
Nice coin John. Love the color.
Nice coin and very interesting write-up. Another type to add to my list of wants.
I like your new addition very much. I mean, look at that profile! Very nice. Here is my meager Galba Dupondius: [ATTACH] GALBA AE Dupondius...
Can't be. You always had so much to add.
Hey Bobby Helmet. I haven't heard from you in a month of Sundays.
Nice addition to your set. I have a complete 12 Caesars in silver, but only half of the 12 in bronze. Namely Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Nero,...
I've seen a couple just recently on Ebay that were, without a doubt, tooled and smoothed. But the problem with them was that they looked like...
"Messed with" meaning smoothed and tooled.
Sestertii was the coinage of everyday Rome, so fewer survive in pristine condition. And those that do command higher prices.
I know you said "larger" coins, but all the ladies of Rome are available in Denarii as well. Smaller, but silver rather than base metal.
[ATTACH] LAMPSAKOS, MYSIA THRACE AE-10 OBVERSE: Female head right, hair rolled REVERSE: Forepart of winged horse right, ΨΑ above, symbol below...
From what I can find on line, you did well at $150: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=666589...
I'm proud of both my sons. This one, has his PhD, speaks several languages, and is much smarter than his old man ever was. The other is pretty...
The last three coins are not clear enough for me to give attribution. Sorry. I did my best.
Coin 25 RIC 463: Lucius Verus Denarius. IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head right / PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing, head left, holding...
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