Latest update: The Göttingen Museum has now replied to me and accepted that their Matidia is a fake as well. Nevertheless, the seller of my coin...
Thanks, @Severus Alexander ! So how do you like these (where brass is still brass and an As still an As:)) ? [ATTACH]
The bust on the right in the OP (in the Capitoline Museum) is generally attributed to Trajan Decius. As far as I know, there are no surviving...
My Sestertii: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice addition! A bronze of Aemilian is one of the major things still missing in my Sestertius collection. Until then I can only show my...
Hi friends, after I have learned the hard way that there are more forgeries than genuine Sestertii of the rarer Emperors on the market (I had bad...
Update: The seller agrees that the coin looks like a forgery when seen next to the near identical two other specimen and will cancel the sale :-).
Thanks, Barry! That finally made me lose hope so I offered the seller to either cancel it altogether, accept a refund including the cost of...
I agree that at least two of the three almost identical coins posted above are Paduans. One was sold as such and the one in the Göttingen Coin...
No, from yet another respected Auction House. If this happens yet again, I will give up this hobby :-( Somewhere in the middle, around 1000 USD...
I have tracked down 20 presumably genuine examples now (four in Museums, sixteen in private hands) . Wide rims do exist, like on this one from...
It was sold as genuine :-(.
It puzzles me that it does match this coin in the Göttingen Coin Cabinet also: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My latest investment :-) [ATTACH] MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F Diademed and draped bust right, hair arranged in coils on crown of head,...
Oh yes, we had the nicest weather for a week and the rain only started on the way back to the airport. There were not THAT many tourists on the...
I just came back from a visit to Athens and here are some impressions for those who might not have been there yet :-). The Temple of Olympian...
Thanks you! And nice Gallieni you have... OK Cucombor, I would trade against yours :) That is very rare!!! Great to have!
I finally found a Gallienus Sestertius suitable as a companion piece for my Valerian. It turned out a little more patinated than I had hoped it...
Congratulations, Greg! As Sestertii are what I am after and I will never be able to own one of the handful of genuine Sestertii known of hers,...
Great Caligula, Ro!!! I love that reverse! Here is my Caligula Sestertius. I had it authenticated by David Sear and he taught me that this type...
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