I thought the Titus Sestertii would be less rare than Tiberius. I'm not sure why Tiberius coins are hard to come by, especially in good...
Weak strike aside, this is a very nice coin. Great portrait and other than the legend the detail on the reverse looks pretty darn good to me. I...
I thought so. I have several Castulo coins (3-4). Interesting Celtic coins
Nice selection. :thumb:
In all the years I've been collecting Ancients, I have only purchased one in a slab. When it arrived, I broke it out immediately. That was a...
Interesting coin there Ripley. Do you have an attribution? I'd like to look it up.
I found this on the net:
Unless otherwise noted, the Romans kept the minting of precious metals in Rome. I do have some minted elsewhere, such as my Augustus Denarius I...
Germ: Germanicus COS IIII: Fourth Counsulship = 213 AD Caracalla's first Tribunicia Potestas was June 2, 198, while his second was December...
Exactly!!!!!
As I said when I first purchased the group of Roman Republican coins, this Denarius of Macrinus was twice the price of the Republican coins. But,...
Ah, the good ole days. Me too John, but alas, those days are long gone for me. But thanks for the thought
I've been meaning to ask if anyone found these tidbits of background information worthwhile.
Caracalla AR Denarius OBV: IMP CAE MAVR ANT AVG P TRP - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REV: FIDES PVBLICA - Fides standing right,...
Carcalla AR Denarius OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right REV: P M TR P XIIII COS III P P, Pax running left holding branch &...
Nice coin. I'm not sure what you mean by "entry level" coin. This one is well struck. :thumb:
This is another of the group I purchased a few days ago. I do not have it in hand yet so these are the seller's images. The reverse image is...
Augustus AR Denarius OBV: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVIF PATER PATRIAE - Laureate head right REV: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below,...
Iberian Semis OBV: Young male head right, Phoenician letter before. REV: Bull right, crescent above, two Phoenicial letters below. Struck at...
Julian II Majorina OBV: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right REV: SECVRITAS REIPVB• dot, bull right, two...
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