Thanks everybody for your beautiful contributions!!!! I will take this one as an exception and stick to my old field otherwise or I will go...
Another update: The seller´s expert has re-examined the coin and stated that he has investigated it by microscope using a Leica MZ95 as well as a...
I received another Elagabalus Sestertius in the mail today to upgrade my old example. It is an early edition celebrating his victory over Macrinus...
As the Colosseum has been done before, I thought to try the Theatre of Marcellus as my next project instead. Eventhough it is only half it´s size...
Actually this is the one and only coin I ever bought where I cared more for the reverse than the portrait. I even preferred it over an "SC"...
Marcus Aurelius and Commodus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Trajanus Decius and Hostilian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Tiberius and Drusus Junior [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Macrinus and Diadumenianus :-) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aelius Caesar and Lucius Verus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nero Claudius Drusus and Germanicus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congratulations, Ro!!! Your Sestertius (Reverse: Diadumenian facing right with three standards = RIC 211, BMCRE 149, Cohen 7, Sear 7453) belongs...
A little update: This coin has just been certified as authentic (and "good F") by David Sear :-) It is actually 32.23 mm and 23.46 gr and...
Here it is: [ATTACH] After his valuable help with my Pupienus and Salonina, instead of buying any more expensive coins for the moment, I am...
What are your sources for the exact date of Maximinus death? It was not preserved by ancient sources and Kienast considers mid April the most...
Good news: The coin just came back from David Sear and he has certified it as authentic, very fine, and the second known specimen :-) The final...
For me, nothing beats realistic portraits :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Indeed it is. Even everyone in this forum who had voted on it before I broke the news thought it was genuine. I´d have to figure out how to do...
Well, this is the FOURTH time this has happened to me within ONE year! At least I got my money back in the first three cases and hope to do so...
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