Augustus Quinarius OBV: IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right REV: ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on...
AUGUSTUS As OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right REV: Altar of Lugdunum, Victory on each pedestal, ROM ET AVG below Struck at Lugdunum....
L. FLAMINIUS CHILO ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBV: ROMA; helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Denomination mark X before REV: L. FLAMIN...
If I have a hard time with the denominations of the coins I collect, you can imagine what kind of problems I might have with obsolete terms for...
Augustus AE19 (Semis) OBV: VIC AVG, Nike/Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm REV: COHOR PRAE PHIL, three military standards...
Illyria AR Drachm OBV: MENISKOS, cow & calf, Nike flying above with wreath, thunderbolt in ex REV: DYR KAL LW NOS around double stellate...
Thanks Doug. That's what I was looking for. I also found the following two lists on another site: And this:
Yeah, "etymology" is the word I was looking for. It was slow on the other forum as well. Probably for the same reasons. Oh well, I thought it...
Thanks. Yeah, I've read that link before, and it answers my question only partially. What I'm looking for are the origins of the words used.
I just found part of the answer. The name "Sestertius" comes from Semis tertius meaning three halves of an As or that a Sesterius is equal to one...
This seems to be another slow night down at the ole forum, so I thought I'd ask this question to see if we can generate some activity. What is...
I have the same coin with Trajan but the she wolf is crouching left (RIC 694): [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I think that is the result of my photography. There is no silver remaining if ever there was any.
Sometimes my mind works much faster than my typing fingers. :o
I don't have the coin in hand yet, but the weight of this coin is 3.68 g. No size yet either.
I bought this coin not knowing what it was, but the price was right and I was curious about it. I knew it was Roman w/o any doubt, but I didn't...
That's suppose to read: Extremely nice coin.
Wildwinds is a good source, but acsearch.info, Helvetica's (http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm) and coinproject.com are all good on...
Me thinks I detect some sarcasm there, my friend.
But they are not uncirculated!
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