Septemberius 22nd - a little AE from Philippopolis [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ 17 (193-211 A.D.) Thrace, Philippopolis AV KAI...
Nice one Donna. Actually, I rather prefer an ancient in this condition - looks like it has seen some use in antiquity. My only Octavian is a...
Septemberius 21st - I too have one of those city gates from Anchialus, but a very poor specimen... :( [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ...
Get well soon, @Severus Alexander :)
@Finn235 - thanks for sharing these. Very informative... I am horning in on this post because I got my very first Gadhaiya coin last week. This...
Septemberius 20th - another Victory denarius, Rome mint, I think: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Denarius (197-198 A.D.) Rome Mint L SEPT SEV PERT...
Thank you, @Ed Snible for that information. Indeed, quite a few of the Ukrainian denarii are crude in appearance (not all, however). That these...
Here is the Farnese Hercules on a sestertius of Commodus. Commodus was rather obsessed with Hercules, so there are a lot of types. This one...
I occasionally buy Roman denarii from the Ukraine, via eBay. As far as I can tell, they are genuine ancient, and very low grade. What follows...
Spes, my favorite goddess. (Please don't tell Venus). Aelius (as and sestertius): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Caracalla: [ATTACH] Severus Alexander:...
Septemberius 19th - one of my favorite countermarks: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Æ 25 Pamphylia, Perge (c. 193-211 A.D. ?) [AVT] K Λ CЄ...
I too like the coins of Gallienus, though I don't seek them out as avidly as some other ancients. Whenever I get one, I find the attribution part...
I like it - yeah, lots of wear, but nice glossy patina. The obverse damage doesn't bother me much either - it misses his face. Here is an as...
Nice victories...threads like this provoke me to look through my collection to see what I have - lots of Trajan Victories, but they are all...
Saturday night and these just in the mail today from eBay - a couple of cheapies that are a bit better than I'd hoped: [ATTACH] The Valerian is,...
Another terrific installment of Faustina Friday. I have three worn Concordia's, one of which is slightly unusual, per an earlier post via...
Septemberius 18th - one of my favorite reverse types for SS - Apollo: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Denarius (194-195 A.D.) Rome Mint L SEPT SEV...
September 17th - like the one posted by @Orielensis above - same iffy workmanship at the mint. The flan on this is rather dumpy and at 3.44...
Donna, your Roman Republican posts are wonderful. Lovely examples of these triga types and impressive research as always. To my astonishment, I...
After reading a post by, I think, @Roman Collector recently, I put a couple of AEs in distilled water - just distilled water. Nothing else. So...
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