Here's a really cruddy tet for Elagabalus I got in an eBay lot - I share it because the three dots above the bust are clearly not part of the...
@DonnaML thank you so much for posting all this information on the Antioch Δ Є inscription (and congratulations on the lovely new coin). This ΔЄ...
Congratulations - I was watching both of those auctions eBay and I think these are pretty good deals. The only reason I didn't bid was that I...
Ah! Okay. I am not that familiar with Incitatus Coins' usual procedures - I'm sure they know what they're doing when it come to photographing...
I'm not sure what "incitatus" refers to? The background on most of my photos is from an old library book bound in red buckram - nothing fancy for...
Bringing back another Golden Oldie because I found this thread very helpful with an attribution hurdle I was having trouble with the past couple...
Very interesting thread. I don't know about the Flavian issues, but the SC issues for Trajan apparently have been analyzed for metal content -...
That is really a very lovely coin @happy_collector - both the portrait and the graceful rendition of Pudicitia on the reverse are spectacular....
Thank you for the kind words and those lovely examples, @Roman Collector - I will add these to my files for sure.
In celebration of @Roman Collector and his terrific Faustina Fridays, and Fridays in general, I am resurrecting this thread - also because I just...
Thank you for yet another informative post, @Jochen1 I have only one coin showing Telesphorus (at least I assume so, based on the pointy...
Interesting thread. Here's a limes denarius of Septimius Severus that has been broken somewhere along the line: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus...
Nice Gordian / Mars sestertius, RC. I thought I had one just like it, but mine has a longer reverse legend: [ATTACH] Gordian III Æ...
I've been working up a scruffy batch of Roman Provinicials (and two imperials) from eBay and I made what seems to be an unusual discovery - a...
I love this story - and it is nice to see the museum recovered it. My thrifting days are mostly over, but I'd hate to see how many hours I spent...
Very enjoyable and informative post as always, @Roman Collector The problem with Beckmann's hairstyles in a collection like mine is that the wear...
Thank you!
Great pickup, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix - I really enjoy "good hunting" stories like yours. Nice coin too. I do not have that coin (of...
Nice start to a sestertius collection, @kirispupis - I find them very addictive. Here is mine, similar to yours, minted a year earlier:...
I've tried baking and it did work, but the coin looked horrible afterwards - a dry, light, mottled surface that looked worse than the BD....
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