Thanks for that tip. Except for it being silver, it is very close. I checked Wildwinds and acsearch and there are some Hermes/lyre AE types for...
I bought this one because it was cute and I thought it would be a chinch to identify. Nope. I am stumped; after ransacking acsearch, etc., I am...
I think we can figure this out! I have faith! Can you make out the letters? The pointy nose makes me think Trebonianus Gallus. The reverse...
I guess I'd lean towards a limes, but it could be the exposed core of a fourree, possibly? From the PM photo of the lot I got to see (a preview!)...
Post them when you get them, please! I like those kind of "discovery" threads.
There hasn't been many trashy threads lately, so I thought I'd bring down the Coin Talk neighborhood real estate values with some uglies. :yack:...
Nice one! I really like this series of countermarks for Antigonas Gonatas. Most of the countermarks are helmets, but there are others too. All...
I forgot I had a "sacred money" follis of Constantinus I Chlorus. Note the big head with a tiny face - like Victor's this one is from Aquileia....
Scary. They are getting much better at preparing those "ancient" surfaces. And faking LRB's that I wouldn't've thought worth the effort.
Thanks RC, I appreciate the feedback. Nice coin too - the countermark gives it an extra zing.
I thought I'd get a second set(s) of eyeballs on this before I called "error" on this. It is a worn Severus Alexander AE from Cappadocia,...
Nice one, @Roman Collector I just got a Severus II last week - the mysterious Quarter Follis. @Valentinian has a very informative site on...
I lucked into a Valerian sestertius in an undescribed eBay lot a couple years ago - I never photographed it, but this thread was an inspiration....
Nice coin. I believe it is Laodicea ad Mare, Syria. It has been countermarked. I think it is this one: Laureate head Antoninus Pius right,...
This post just keeps getting better and better. A couple days ago I got a new sestertius for Faustina II with Hilaritas reverse - with the later...
Just in last week, this might be my fattest Faustina II - 27.75 grams. She must've been quite hefty before all the wear: [ATTACH] Faustina II...
Terrific write-up and coins as always, RC. And as always on Faustina Friday, I started poking through my collection to see if I have anything...
Nice coin. Along the same lines, I just got my first quarter follis, of Severus II, and I wanted to let you know how useful and enjoyable your...
I found one of these in my local dealer's junk bin. It's not pretty. [ATTACH] Judea, First Jewish War Æ Prutah Year 3 (68-69 A.D.) Amphora...
Interesting thread and coins. It made me look up my own "young princes" and I have more than I thought: Philip II - a Sestertius; two asses,...
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