WinNumis, Luxemburg. In the meantime, I got a response from the nice people at CNG. One of their numismatists will review my coin and get back...
Thank you so very much, Doug! I just wrote CNG and will keep you informed :)
I just got a reply from the seller. He actually did write (quote) "After checking the two coins, we think that the two coins are from the same...
I bought this from a dealer in Luxemburg after he had offered it on eBay at fixed price.
Update: I just found a Sestertius very similar to mine: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3315866 What do you guys think - is this my...
Toller Dupondius und SEHR interessante Diskussion! Ich habe beim Durchstöbern von ACSearch gerade ein sehr ähnliches Exemplar (zu meinem) gefunden...
[ATTACH] IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG / VOT DECEN TR P COS II S C Laureate head of Pertinax right / Pertinax standing left, sacrificing over...
Daughter of Marcus Aurelius, wife of Lucius Verus, and sister of Commodus, Lucilla was another lady with a tragic fate... Like Crispina, who was a...
Ups! You got me there... but actually you can trace it even further back: Elizabeths earliest known ancestor (and that of all present European...
Dupondius and Sestertius (both Liberalitas type): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My Gordian I Sestertius cost me twice as much than all of those of the whole Antonine Dynasty put together. Oh well...
After I had to return my first Sestertius of Nero Claudius Drusus because it had turned out to be an old cast (nevertheless most beautiful at...
Great Sestertius, Greg! :-D I guess I will stick with my Gordian Senior for now (my family demands summer holidays instead of a quality Gordian II...
Some of you have had the experience of having found your special "Holy Grail" already. What the mailman brought yesterday makes me feel like I...
Nice! Here is my Aelius Sestertius (has some holes, but was a bargain): [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I guess I have a problem. Could´t even restrict myself to one per week and now Gordian I is in the mail. How did I get here????? I will have to...
I have always been intrigued by the tragic story of Trajan Decius´ short-lived dynasty - the battle of Abritus, the precise dating of events, and...
That is quite interesting! According to RIC, the Rome mint at this time was organized into six officinae, each striking a different type over a...
Thank you guys! My stomach feels much better already :-). Just how many dies were there for Pupienus´ Sestertii??? Can´t have been too many -...
This hobby starts to let me down. Whenever I manage to buy some really nice looking bronze, sooner or later doubts about it´s authenticity seem...
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