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...
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...
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...
Does anyone of you have this 9-Volume-Set by Alberto Banti (issued in 1983-1986)?
18 months ago (thinking back, it seems like eons now) by pure coincidence I walked by the window of a coin store in the pedestrian zone of Leipzig...
I distracted myself from waiting for my newest Sestertii by attempting a scale model of Rome´s largest triumphal arch...
Not many bronzes of this unlucky lady here yet, so why not share your Crispinas? Mine is totally worn down and cost me just 40 Euros, but I find...
Plautillas bronze coinage from the Rome mint is very hard to find. While most of her Asses seem to be casts, Sestertii do exist but there seem to...
Did any of you participate??? I risked this year´s summer holidays for my family and bid on these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi folks, this one is below my standards but after the Dix Nonan Auction I was frustrated so I bought this budget Balbinus instead. What do you...
No Volusian thread here yet, so let´s start one :-). I haven´t found a lightly toned or unpatinated example with sufficient detail yet, so for...
After posting my Agrippina lately, here is her dad on a contemporary bronze, struck by his grandson Caligula. A common coin and his only type...
[ATTACH] AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI / S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE Sestertius, Rome 37 C 1, RIC I 55 (under Caligula) [ATTACH] Show...
Worn, but handsome (in my eyes) with a golden touch and a rare reverse: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is my companion piece to the Antoninus Pius Sestertius that I posted earlier this week: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Whenever I see an unpatinated Sestertius on eBay, I find it hard to resist. So here is my second Julia: [ATTACH] IVLIA AVGVSTA / VENVS FELIX...
My last OP for today... I think the direct sunlight brings out the best in bronzes :-D [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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