Nice coins and display, is the mount holding the coins an antique or modern?
Not tired of seeing your dogs, tough dogs to put up with them temps. We got the opposite here dogs want to come inside 36 deg celsius.
Another favorite of mine is this heavy Sestertius of Antoninus Pius, struck under Marcus Aurelius. ex Roma.[ATTACH]
Thanks, yes the portrait is nice but unfortunately at some stage the coin had corrosion spoiling it a bit.
Very nice Hadrian Neptune Denarius alde, here is the big bronze Sestertius that is part of that series, Rome, RIC 635, 22.5gm,[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow that's a big field, I started with portraits as well, then went over to Italy and decided on collecting architecture as a lot of the buildings...
All very nice coins but that Maximus is excellent, with great detail.
[ATTACH] Hell I'm just posting this Sestertius of Antoninus Pius just to have something about a 100th as good as AncientJoe five piece...
Those are best five coins I have ever seen AncientJoe , absolutely fantastic. If I owned them I wouldn't bother collecting anymore because in my...
Great detail on the Gratian siliqua, what's your main collecting theme?
Welcome Severus Alexander, very nice coin for your first post, looking forward to seeing more in the future.
One of the nicest examples of that coin I have seen H8_modern, good pick up, I have a few. Vespasian AE As Rome 76 AD, 27mm, 11.25gm, RIC 11...
I think the incuse square got a bit more fancy as time went on having the tiny dots, where as my 500 BC Thasos AR Drachm, only had plain...
The only one of the Travel series I own is the galley he used to get there.....Sestertius.[ATTACH]
That's a well detailed Philippi coin usually a bit more worn than that, congrats on a good pick up.
Top one for sure, you got better detail and fuller legend.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] If you use a very weak solution of Bi-carbonate soda and Soda ash in most cases it will dissolve the green patina and...
Nothing wrong with black patina two or three of my favorite coins have black patina, one I just posted in my favorite sestertius and these...
Very interesting, I just wish I was collecting ancients in those days, could have picked up a few bargains by today's standards.:D
I agree with you but do you think this coin I bought from you a week ago would benefit soaking in distilled water to get that thick green patina...
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