Update: I was (luckily) outbid, but someone paid 800 Euros (plus commission etc) for OP coin Nr.6 yesterday. It cannot have served as the host...
My Sestertius features a rather realistic portrait of young Severus Alexander: [ATTACH]
Here are six large bronzes of Vitellius, RIC 141, obviously from the same pair of dies (or casting form) - note the unusual GERMA-N and the...
The Sestertius of Tiberius from the Lugdunum mint is highly sought after. As it is the only large bronze portrait coin of Tiberius ever struck...
I was notified that some of you pushed the "like" button for my OP coin yesterday eventhough it has been drowned down in the old posts graveyard...
I actually saw this movie at a film festival. It is certainly not for the faint-hearted. [MEDIA]
Here is my Vespasian with a weak portrait but a neat Pax: [ATTACH]
Very nice! But how could this be applied to ancient bronze coins? What would the maximum grade achievable by any existing specimen be? Would a...
Thank you all for your thoughts! This is what Moruzzi sais about the parameters for their grading: https://shop.moruzzi.it/en/info.html#rarita...
This may be old news for many of you, but I just discovered a new grading system used by Italian dealer Moruzzi which incorporates not only...
Here is my coin of this type, from dies of very similar layout (maybe even the same celator?) to the OP coin, of lesser grade, but (I hope) more...
Birthday greetings from Germany!
A little update (sorry it took more than a year but I had other things to do in the meantime): This coin here is now offered as a Sestertius of...
Great pictures and always worth a visit! By coincidence I also managed to spend a couple of hours at the BM last weekend :). Here are two more...
Bronze coins of Orbiana are rare as such. The best source for the relative rarity of 3rd century Sestertii is the Guelma hoard of 7.495 Sestertii...
I gave it a perfect 10, because in my oppinion this coin is not only of fine style and free of problems, but in featuring the most attractive type...
I wish I could show a Sestertius with the happy couple clasping hands, but I only have the more common version with Concordia seated: [ATTACH]...
In the major collections he checked, Alberto Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali, Vol. IV-2) found 30 specimens of the version without a scroll (BMC...
This may be totally at odds with the common practice, but I also consider myself a purist even though I do it the other way around: I restrict...
My newest Sestertius is only of mediocre quality, but the type is quite rare and interesting. IVNO CONSERVATRIX was the very first reverse type...
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