Although I am not a big fan of slabs, this is a very good series to have slabbed - very nice indeed. Congratulations! You've made me want to...
Nice one, RC. This past April I bought a large lot of miscellaneous ancients on eBay. The silver was all toned and/or crusty, most of it with...
Septemberius 23rd - a really worn sestertius: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ Sestertius (c. 195-196 A.D.) Rome Mint [L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP...
Septemberius 22nd - a little AE from Philippopolis [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ 17 (193-211 A.D.) Thrace, Philippopolis AV KAI...
Nice one Donna. Actually, I rather prefer an ancient in this condition - looks like it has seen some use in antiquity. My only Octavian is a...
Septemberius 21st - I too have one of those city gates from Anchialus, but a very poor specimen... :( [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ...
Get well soon, @Severus Alexander :)
@Finn235 - thanks for sharing these. Very informative... I am horning in on this post because I got my very first Gadhaiya coin last week. This...
Septemberius 20th - another Victory denarius, Rome mint, I think: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Denarius (197-198 A.D.) Rome Mint L SEPT SEV PERT...
Thank you, @Ed Snible for that information. Indeed, quite a few of the Ukrainian denarii are crude in appearance (not all, however). That these...
Here is the Farnese Hercules on a sestertius of Commodus. Commodus was rather obsessed with Hercules, so there are a lot of types. This one...
I occasionally buy Roman denarii from the Ukraine, via eBay. As far as I can tell, they are genuine ancient, and very low grade. What follows...
Spes, my favorite goddess. (Please don't tell Venus). Aelius (as and sestertius): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Caracalla: [ATTACH] Severus Alexander:...
Septemberius 19th - one of my favorite countermarks: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ 25 Pamphylia, Perge (c. 193-211 A.D. ?) [AVT] K Λ CЄ...
I too like the coins of Gallienus, though I don't seek them out as avidly as some other ancients. Whenever I get one, I find the attribution part...
I like it - yeah, lots of wear, but nice glossy patina. The obverse damage doesn't bother me much either - it misses his face. Here is an as...
Nice victories...threads like this provoke me to look through my collection to see what I have - lots of Trajan Victories, but they are all...
Saturday night and these just in the mail today from eBay - a couple of cheapies that are a bit better than I'd hoped: [ATTACH] The Valerian is,...
Another terrific installment of Faustina Friday. I have three worn Concordia's, one of which is slightly unusual, per an earlier post via...
Septemberius 18th - one of my favorite reverse types for SS - Apollo: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Denarius (194-195 A.D.) Rome Mint L SEPT SEV...
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