Gordian III (238-244) often is clean shaven (or, too young to have sideburns). However, some of his last coins show sideburns and this one even...
@arizonarobin , those OP babies are special, and thank you for showing them to us. On this one the infants are not remarkable, but Fausta's...
Sometimes the information of the slab makes the coin seen worse than it is. I have seen "3" assigned to surfaces I actually like. I have seen...
If you want to know more about VOTA coins, see my page http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ On a linked page covering VOTA coins of the mid-fourth...
Yes. All her coins are CONSECRATIO--after her death--which suggests she died before Maximinus became emperor. That is the likely explanation for...
Right. Even more, they must have an idea of what to do with your coins. Your heirs will likely want to turn your collection into cash. If you...
[ATTACH] Denarius. 20-19 mm. 3.42 grams. XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes with dolphin above and raven below. "quindecimvir sacris faciundis"...
Good observation! I like them too. Nice coin!
I used an example of the OP type on my page explaining how Republican coins are dated. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Repub/TimelineTable.html is a...
The 2018 American Journal of Numismatics has a long article by Lyce Jankowski, "History of the Chinese Collection," which explains how the ANS...
I just added these to my web site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html There are many more interesting coins there. Please take a look....
Thee are many ancient imitations of that type. You have one that is unusually nice. Don't expect to find it in a comprehensive reference (like...
I got it from Hoover's book.
[ATTACH] 12-10 mm. 1.13 grams. Thrace. Thasos. c. 510-480 BC. no legend. Archaic style ithyphallic Silenos "running" right quadripartite incuse...
@dougsmit , I don't think he excludes statues that are still extant. Most are lost, so the title is dramatic, but not fully descriptive.
Nero was young in 55 AD. [ATTACH] Nero at Laodicea, Asia. 19 mm. 6.14 grams. Struck c. 55 AD and signed by Gaius Postomos. Nero was born in 39,...
I suppose I could have made a site of types that are remarkably unusual at first glance. Then your first three qualify and the Claudius, which has...
My criterion for the "unique" page was this: If you had the coin in hand (so you knew the size and fabric) and were looking at the reverse, could...
Some types are not unique to a particular emperor, but the great majority of coins with that reverse belong to a particular emperor. I have linked...
Thanks for the help. I just fixed them and they should work now. I found a few other broken links as well. I hope they are all fixed, but I am not...
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