After I recently "accidentally" bought my first Tetradrachm from Antiochia, I realized that I already have a coin from Syria´s provincial capital...
The scarce coins of Nero bearing the Temple of Janus reverse motive were struck after Nero assumed the title of Imperator in mid 66 a.d. following...
Ups, I had a "fat finger" at my first live auction and won this coin: [ATTACH] AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠA TO B Radiate,...
I have strayed away from my beaten path of Roman Bronzes and got a Denarius for a change. It is neither a portrait coin nor a rare type or of...
Hi friends, after I have learned the hard way that there are more forgeries than genuine Sestertii of the rarer Emperors on the market (I had bad...
My latest investment :-) [ATTACH] MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F Diademed and draped bust right, hair arranged in coils on crown of head,...
I just came back from a visit to Athens and here are some impressions for those who might not have been there yet :-). The Temple of Olympian...
I finally found a Gallienus Sestertius suitable as a companion piece for my Valerian. It turned out a little more patinated than I had hoped it...
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...
There have been other rare Imperial coins displaying full facing obverse portraits before (Denari of Augustus, a Bronze Medallion of Commodus) and...
I finally got to upgrade my shabby Macrinus AE As to a proper Sestertius. Macrinus was the first Emperor not of Senatorial rank, but a lawyer,...
OK, I know that posting YET ANOTHER coin of Gordian III´s seems like a joke these days, but before you all ridicule me, here are my humble...
This is a Temple in a classic layout (8 columns to the front, 12 to the sides) that many of the 200 or so temples in ancient Rome shared. Could...
Featuring the probably most common of all the ladies to be found on Roman coinage, this Sestertius of Faustina the Younger (minted by her father...
I absolutely love the look of pure yellow Orichalcum. For whatever reason, I have not seen any really brassy looking coins cast struck before the...
After posting my Porta Nigra, here is the man who ordered it - nothing spectacular, but perfect for me: a clean, round, cheap but handsome and...
Here is my LEGO try on the Porta Nigra, the largest extant Roman city gate north of the Alps, ordered by Marcus Aurelius to guard the northern...
[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...
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