Welcome to ancients - I really like that Mercury Marcus Aurelius (thanks for the info, Doug - I had no idea). Lovely coin and interesting...
That is a pretty bewildering run of denarii. I wonder if that was official policy or if the celators had leeway in bust types/inscriptions at...
Interesting - armed with RIC 66 information, I found a post on Coin Community Forum from 2012 where a similar coin (but with a draped bust) was...
Thank you, Roman Collector. I am much obliged.
I thought this would be easy, but I have been having a tough time attributing this grubby little Marcus Aurelius denarius. The reverse type is...
Nah. The seller did not in any way represent it as an ancient coin. It was just a jewelry piece plain & simple. Besides, I sawed through the...
I didn't realize coin jewelry raised so many passions. I can understand to some extent that a coin in jewelry is numismatically "ruined". And...
Ah well, sometimes the gamble doesn't pay off. It's a phony. Unless some celator cunningly smoothed the edges and added a little seam... it...
I have a ratty copy of a 1701 English edition of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations (called Conversations with Himself in this edition). I thought it...
Sometimes I like to troll eBay's jewelry listings for coins. Sometimes you can find some interesting things, if you don't mind mount marks,...
Those are some attractive and interesting Crispus "lefties," Doug.
Oops. I guess that has already been determined to be a Chi Rho. Really exceptional coin. I wasn't sure that Crispus was particularly Christian.
Is that a Chi Rho on the shield?
Thank you all for your enthusiastic and helpful comments. As for "lost gambles" (thank you for the suggestion Orange Julius), I have made several...
Just got this in the mail today - another Crispus. My second one. It was another eBay gamble, but I think it worked out (for $4.99, $3.00...
Damn nifty is right! I've been baffled by my tiny collection of Parthian drachms and I think this is really going to help out. The fact I know...
Really nice coin. I wish I had one to share, but afraid not. Maybe someday...
Nice coin - for a late Ptolemaic tet. it is exceptionally fine in terms of style and strike. It still has that slightly crazed "coloring outside...
Thank you all for so many interesting insights and examples (Roman Collector and Nemo - I'm covetous of both those coins). I doubt I'll actively...
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