Various portrayals of Isis: Plain Isis: [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian year 4, CE 71/2 diobol?, 25.4 mm, 5.45 gm Obv:...
Fantastic!! I look forward to reading that book and appreciate the expanded information about urnulae. We had fun hypothesizing about what they...
Congratulations!
Thanks, Curtis! PM sent :)
I was your underbidder on this ex-@zumbly. It's gorgeous. Also, Medusa looks eerily like Elvis on these coins :D. [IMG]
Provincial. Cappadocia, Caesaria. Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus. Mt. Argaeus reverse. ETΓ (or ETE... can't tell if that is a gamma or an...
:eek::oops::sorry::banghead: I can't even blame lack of coffee for this. I'll try to blame the lack of visible TRANQ on the OP coin, even though...
I'm not sure @Roman Collector has every posted a coin without an accompanying die matched coin :D (maybe a slight exaggeration). Do a search for...
Question for the Imperialists among us... How and why was the figure on this coin's reverse determined to be Tranquillitas? Female, rudder,...
Thanks, @Justin Lee! I'll have to use OCRE more often. Based on your search, it looks like the OP's coin is RIC 202b. Although we can't discern...
Good points. Ideally (at least in my opinion :D) most coins would remain with collectors where they would re-enter the market periodically, and...
I'm not very good with Imperials and don't have RIC so for this coin's identification I used @Suarez's ERIC, available on Forum Ancient Coins....
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius denarius Obv: IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS; laureate head right Rev: Tranquilitas standing left, holding...
I hope this doesn't mean his collection is ultimately destined for a museum! Having those coins in the hands of the next generation of collectors...
I tried to look it up but that number doesn't return any hits for NGC ancients. Maybe I just don't know what a "Mysore pagoda" is. Is it an...
Fantastic picture-- great composition :).
Wow! I don't believe we've every seen anyone post an auction win the day before the auction! Let us know tomorrow if you actually win it....
Wowza! That's an incredible tetarteron! Congrats :)
Thanks for the fun event, Curtis!
No flak from me :). Repatination of bronze coins is sometimes part of the conservation process. Some dealers and auction houses are better at it...
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