[ATTACH] IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA / VESTA S C Dupondius, Rome 80/81 RIC 180 (Titus), BMC 258, C 18 (ex Naville Numismatics Auction 24,...
I only have this ugly Sestertius of hers: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG / VENUS CAELESTIS Venus seated left, holding apple and...
My Livia IUSTITIA Dupondius is in the mail. I´ll post ASAP...
Thanks! I would have felt alarmed if there were an identical twin around ;-p
You are making me very curious now. Which auction was this coin in?
I did not remove the patina on any of my coins. I bought them all the way they look - because I love that original yellow Orichalcum tone on my...
[ATTACH] M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT PP / MINER VICT PM TR P X IIII IMP VIII COS V DES VI S C Sestertius, Rome 189 24,3 gr / 31 mm RIC III 544,...
To me they look right because this is the way the coins were designed to look like by the artists who created them and the way they DID look like...
This is my favourite coin in my collection. Feels great in hand at 28 gr and 34 mm, and I love that yellow "Tiber Patina" :-D [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I love the five volume Sear (I had them signed by him :-) ) but I also use ERIC II for the odd things and Vagi for the biographies.
Dosen´t have to be that way - mine only cost me 120 USD :-)
No, it is visible just at that area. Here is the other side: [ATTACH] Yes, and that would not have bothered me. What does bother me is that...
Please let us see it anyway :-D
Happy new year everybody! Can any of the experts help me with the exact identification of this coin? Could this be overstruck on a (Hadrianic or...
The coin´s weight is 25 g at 33,5 mm. Are those vertical structures traces of a casting seam??? [ATTACH]
It is. I bought that one :-)
[ATTACH] NERO CLAVDIVS GERMANICVS IMP / CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP PP S C Sestertius, Rome 42 RIC 109, Sear 1897 [ATTACH]
Here is my set of the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to Postumus (including family members) in large bronze coins (45 Sestertii, 4 Dupondii, 7...
Not FDC, but RR :-) I think Mariniana´s features look much prettier here than on most of her Antoniniani...
[ATTACH] DIVAE MARINIANAE / CONSECRATIO Veiled, diademed bust right / Peacock standing facing Sestertius, Rome 253/54 26 mm, 15,57 gr, 12 h RIC 9...
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