EDIT Let's try this again: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=70907.0 Here is the Forum link.
There is an excellent Forum thread on the Antony legionary series with very informed posts by both Curtis Clay and Andrew McCabe, especially when...
Maybe a hemidrachm not a drachm although I'm not familiar with these. The weight may even be wrong in the listing. This dealer has made mistakes...
[ATTACH] IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG Laureate head right GENIO POPVLI ROMANI Genius standing left holding patera and Cornucopiae SF in fields PTR in...
From the Gold Koson staters: http://www.acad.ro/sectii2002/proceedings/doc2012-1/03-Constantinescu.pdf
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Nice big coin David. On many of these you can see the radiate crown of Sol. Here's mine, a drachm by Tiberius [ATTACH] Laureate head of...
I have created my own flips for my coins and I have named my collection, so anyone down the line will know where it came from. That is, if they...
It's hard to say because the latch and pin are missing. Checking in my copy of "A Visual Catalog of Hattat's ancient Brooches" it lines up with...
Instead of an owl, how about a stadium? The Circus Maximus! [ATTACH] ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Caracalla right LAETITIA TEMPORVM...
She's talking about the other hand, on the back of the dolphin
Just the background
There are many foundation myths https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto
Nice coins everyone. I have several of these but here's just one... [ATTACH] Calabria, Taras Didrachm Naked youth galloping right on horseback...
Lemon juice on a Q-tip to focus on the area, then use a toothpick or scalpel.
Very nice David. I'd take that over a dinner out all day long. I sold this Nero As proto-contorniate years ago. It was supposed to be published...
Other coins in this series are known to have die engraver errors of COS II instead of COS III. Even though it is a different type and...
I received mine last week.
Amazing. I always enjoy seeing your builds. Since it's a triumphal arch, here is a triumph... [ATTACH] GERMANICVS CAESAR Germanicus in...
Great coins everyone. It's true, once you've held one of these massive hunks of bronze you'll be hooked. Here's one I picked up a few years ago....
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