Not a looker but one you don't see everyday [ATTACH] IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII Laureate head left GENI P R; SC IN FIELD Genius...
Oh, I wasn't saying it was cast. I believe it is the exact same coin, but someone doesn't have it, either Kunker or the OP.
I Agree, but the coin was just listed tonight. So someone doesn't have this coin.
I think we have a problem here... https://www.ma-shops.com/kuenkeramdom/item.php?id=14929
[ATTACH] M ANTO COS III IMP III Head of Jupiter Ammon right ANTONIO AVG SCARPVS IMP Victory walking right holding wreath and palm Cyrene summer...
[ATTACH] GERMANICVS CAESAR Germanicus in triumphal quadriga right holding eagle-tipped sceptre SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC Germanicus...
[ATTACH] CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II Laureate head of Domitian right No legend Domitian on horseback prancing left, right hand raised, holding...
In many cases smoothing is a by product of cleaning the coin. Of course it can be taken too far. I look at it on a case by case basis.
Nice upgrade Andrew. Congrats.
Great write up. I will second the book Justinian's Flea. A fascinating read.
Congrats! Beautiful coin. Sometimes you get the monogram and sometimes you don't. As was said it makes it tough to fully attribute. Here's a...
Same here. If I'm away from home and need a reference, I always search Forum's gallery to see if one is listed. I can usually find what I'm...
When you're looking you don't find them. Most of my rarities I just happened upon. I know you and David do the same as me, we never take a...
Must not be so rare ;). Nice one Andrew. The great thing about Domitian's coins is that they're usually well struck and relatively easy to find...
I've had this one for over 12 years. It's not quite so "bright" in hand. [ATTACH]
And I just picked up a RIC 164 at auction... [ATTACH] Not nearly as nice as both your examples. In fact, it may be an ancient counterfeit,...
Glad you snapped it up David. Beautiful coin.
If you like architectural types you should try to find Marvin Tameanko's book, Monumental Coins: Buildings & Structures on Ancient Coinage....
Was his name Newman? :) [ATTACH]
Great topic! A large shield of faith. Here are a few pre-Roman Italian shields... [ATTACH] Bruttium; the Bretti Laureated and bearded head...
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