Oops, I meant to write: Here's Nero with his newly diefied "Father"
A very interesting time. Here's Claudius with his newly diefied "Father" [ATTACH] NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA Laureate head of...
Great find David. Here's one from the same series but certainly an As. [ATTACH] CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIAN COS VII Laureate head left SC...
Nice ones! I've always liked these Alexandrian tetradrachms for Nero. [ATTACH] NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV Radiate bust left, wearing aegis. Date...
It's a very common type, perhaps the most common Vespasian, but there are some fakes floating around. I checked but it's not a match.
All you were missing was a mask and gun. You stole that! Great pick up! Here's mine along with the write up. [ATTACH] Head of young Mars left...
Worn but I don't care [ATTACH] Titus T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Laureate head of Titus right Titus sanding right, left foot on helmet,...
Donna that's a great Moe Szyslak portrait on that Domitian! [ATTACH]
Yes :)
Nice one David. Here's my year 1 Vespasian from Alexandria [ATTACH] VT TIT ΦΛAVI OYEΣΠAΣIAN KAIΣ Laureate head right, LA (year 1) lower right...
Nice ones! Here's mine [ATTACH] IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M laureate head right BONVS EVENTVS AVGVSTI Bonus Eventus standing left, nude,...
If you wrap the white paper under the coin up at 6:00 so that it's purpendicular to the surface, or just add another sheet of paper, you can...
Yes, raise the coin higher off the surface and you can also use a piece of white paper to reflect the light onto the edges at 6:00. It's trial...
It's a pretty common coin. Looks totally legit to me. But how would you know that I know what I'm talking about? :D The best advice is: "Know...
Lovely examples and great pedigree @kazuma78 ! Until fairly recently these have always been called staters or didrachms but I see more and more...
I have never heard of an auction house asking for a Passport, not even in Italy. Which auction house is it?
No appologies needed! Flavian Fanatics Forever! :D
I knew Andrew consigned them to CNG (which noted the A. Short collection) but I didn't want the whole lot. Aegean bought it and divided it up....
Congrats Curtis, that was a great lot. Not sure why the provenance wasn't retained but fortunately, we know where they're from! Aegean didn't...
Over the weekend I attended a coin show. It was held in the basement of a hotel by the airport and wifi was terrible. I found a nice little...
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