Jeeze. I can see every rock on Mt Argaeus on that Caracalla drachma.
You have a good eye for quality coinage.
Thanks for that post. I did not know about those tetras appearing like this. I am only familiar with those from the Athenian mints.
I had no idea about the terminal chocolate.
Trading in person, fine. On line? No thanks.
Is your coin silver. It's weight is correct for silver but I probably, at first sight would have thought it a bronze. Where has it been the last...
Ah, they are, indeed, pleasant to look at and wonder.
In going through my collection recently I noticed that some of my silver is dark, very dark. Now I don't think what I have is the normal "cabinet...
I have been thinking about this post for several days. The idea of a type collection of one emperor had never occurred to me. Why, I don't know as...
Thanks for nice reply. My pleasure.
It would be interesting to compare her images on coins issued as the wife of Septimius as opposed to those issued later under her son, Caracalla....
I guess we see matters differently, as they, perhaps did. if I had one of my children kill the other in front of me I don't think any other thing...
The weight is right and the coins issued from Eastern mints and those from Rome have noticeable differences in appearance. i am not well versed...
That picture of the coin on the left looks like a very unhappy, unfortunate person.
Yes, I should have noted that, too. In the early denarius she looks quite happy with the way things are going, maybe even a bit hubristic, and the...
Too bad Fortuna was not attached as closely to herself as her coins.
Thanks for the kind remarks.
We all hope that "Fortuna" or good karma or heaven, smiles upon us and bring us good things. In the case of historians they often show us why...
What are they using to clean those coins?
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