Nice :-) ! Yours is one of the 26 specimen of RIC 17 that I found. Those were, according to Woodward, struck with four obverse dies and six...
I just picked up my new Pertinax from the customs office, so here it is: [ATTACH] IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG - laureate Head of Pertinax...
Today I found six more Pertinax Sestertii (all sold in auctions during 2009-2017) that also look like double die matches to mine: [ATTACH]...
What a shame! That was a real beauty :-(
OMG I seriously wish I had your skills, TIF :) The other coin (Paris, Cabinet des Medailles) is Woodward´s plate coin for his obverse die Nr.11...
I only have three Imperial Bronzes of that duo, but all very rare: 1) IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG/ PONTIF MAX TR P COS PP S C Sestertius,...
[ATTACH] IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed & draped bust right / VESTA S C, Vesta standing left, holding Palladium & scepter Sestertius, Rome 226...
Great OP coin, Ro!!! Because the human beard only grows about half an inch per month and it took Macrinus some time to look like an Antonine :)...
That looks like a bargain to me - maybe I should have bought yours instead. Same here - mine ended up ten times the starting bid... Your denarius...
OMG I need one of those! Is that a banker´s mark or the remnants of an inlay (like a Gonzaga Eagle or something) on the reverse??? More photos...
It SHOULD be a reverse die match also, because this obverse die was used only with one reverse die to strike this type... Ro, you have some...
What do you think: does this look like a double die match??? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Size is 24.76 mm; weight is 9.28 grams. The flan shape with the sloping sides exactly matches that of the specimen posted by Victor Clark, so I...
After I recently "accidentally" bought my first Tetradrachm from Antiochia, I realized that I already have a coin from Syria´s provincial capital...
Great OP coins!!! Here is my version in Sestertius denomination (portraits only): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The scarce coins of Nero bearing the Temple of Janus reverse motive were struck after Nero assumed the title of Imperator in mid 66 a.d. following...
wow! That sure is amazingly beautiful and puts mine to shame :-D
Ups, I had a "fat finger" at my first live auction and won this coin: [ATTACH] AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠA TO B Radiate,...
Yes, that was me who fell for that one... Thanks! I did it again and Pertinax Nr.2 is on the way to me :). I´ll post it here once I have it...
I have strayed away from my beaten path of Roman Bronzes and got a Denarius for a change. It is neither a portrait coin nor a rare type or of...
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