The largest Basilica on the Forum Romanum was started by Julius Caesar in 54 BC and inaugurated by Augustus in 12 BC. Not much of it is left...
The only ancient image of a Vesta Temple I ever owned was on a cast Sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus that I no longer have. So here is the...
Last week I visited the bank safe and managed to assemble an up-to-date group photo of my Sestertius portrait gallery: [ATTACH] Here are the...
I just bought a Sestertius of Julia Maesa on Ebay that features what I find is a very nice portrait of this empress plus a rounder flan than my...
While Octavian was active in the south of the Italian peninsula in 38 b.C, he used Tarentum as base port for his campaign against the renegade...
Today my first ever purchase from NAC arrived. It is a huge improvement over my first Sestertius of Paulina which is pictured here and was only a...
Got no new coins to share due to the lockdown... To kill some time, I tried to reconstruct Augustus´ Temple of Peace in it´s original color...
I am happy that my final purchase before the shutdown arrived safely today. This is my third Sestertius of this type but the first one that will...
This landmark of the eternal may not be depicted on any ancient or modern coins, but I hope I may post my little openable reconstruction of this...
Before reading on you must excuse me for the low grade of the coin I am about to show you - I promise there is some eye candy at the end of this...
Dear friends, I think about buying a Sestertius of Vitellius. The problem ist that genuine specimens are outnumbered by „Paduans“ and other casts...
My last acquisition of 2019 has finally arrived, so here it is: [ATTACH] L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VIII – Laureate and cuirassed bust of...
I saw this worn and holed, but but cheap and hefty thing at the local coin store while visiting the in-laws over the holidays and decided I need...
Almost last but hopefully not least, here are my favourites. I didn´t manage to buy anything for six months (new job) and so ended up with only...
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During my research on Gothic imitative coinage I came across these two coins: Nr.1 (weight: 5,54 g) was found in the western Ukraine (Chernivtsi...
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[ATTACH] This Saloninus is my first purchase for three months, so I attempted a little biography using the recent German literature and showing...
Here are six large bronzes of Vitellius, RIC 141, obviously from the same pair of dies (or casting form) - note the unusual GERMA-N and the...
This may be old news for many of you, but I just discovered a new grading system used by Italian dealer Moruzzi which incorporates not only...
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