That is interesting! However the previous owner of my coin was not the Venetian poet, but an Austrian collector and dealer also named Zeno by pure...
Except for the Aurei issued for Nero Claudius Drusus, who is always facing left, all issuers of Roman Imperial gold coins are more common with...
Just when I thought there would be hardly a chance to add new rulers to my Sestertius collection, I managed to acquire a great rarity: seemingly...
Awesome writeup! Here are my Sestertii of Antoninus III and the love of his life, Aquilia Severa: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sestertii of Macrinus and Diadumenianus: [ATTACH] [IMG]
Congratulations AJ! What a beauty!!! Worth a place in your collection which must surely rank high among the finest private assemblies of ancent...
Unfortunately the Julius Germanicus Collection sorted out most of it´s more interesting non-Sestertius coins before I signed up for the Secret...
My first and only Aureus is also a plated and holed imitation: [ATTACH] IIII-IT — IIIIII - laureate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian or...
Thanks for the organisation, Curtisimo! I missed all Saturnaliae so far, so I am very happy to to take part for the first time!!!
Sorry, I meant "Banti 5" here :-)
Update: I just discovered that Banti 2 (no weight given) is not a "true" Sestertius as it was struck with As/Dupondius dies. The Specimen in Graz...
Thanks, Curtis! Here they are: Banti 2 (1 Specimen: Marcom Collection, ex Ratto 1927) [ATTACH] Banti 5 (1 Specimen: Medici Collection) [ATTACH]
The new Lego kit would be about half the size of my self-designed Colosseum: [ATTACH] I shall get one for Christmas and compare :-) [ATTACH]
It is Aquilia Severa. Does this also fit into your studies of the Severan coinage, Curtis? My obverse die (AQVILIA S-EVERA, divided by the...
I would be interested in both. Mine are mostly mixed die matches, as for Sestertii at least there were several times as many reverse dies used...
Hey folks, I have found no less than 35 genuine coins struck from the same obverse die as my newest Sestertius. Does this imply a very high...
Thank you everybody! As a bonus I added the ancient city wall today: [ATTACH] Because someone during the Middle Ages wanted to make it look...
I´m too tired to do a writeup (it´s in the middle of the night here), but here is my Lego interpretation of Marcus Aurelius´ city gate of Augusta...
Thank you for showing! What is the size / weight of that coin and where was it struck?
[ATTACH] AVGVSTVS - bare head of Augustus right / CA (within laurel wreath) Orichalcum Sestertius, Pergamum 27-23 BC 34 mm / 24,91 gr RIC 501;...
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