A grotto! That is interesting and it's a very attractive coin. Do we know the nature of that cult statue within? It looks like it could be a...
I thought that one looked familiar :D
What an excellent assortment!
Mercury: [IMG] ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi 58 BCE (redated from Crawford's 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984) AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm...
This large provincial was a gift from Doug Smith, who grew tired of trying to take good photographs of it. It's a tough one and my attempts...
[IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius year 8, 144/5 CE AE drachm, 33 mm, 22.9 gm, Zodiac series, "Venus in Taurus" Obv: Laureate draped bust of...
There's an Aegypto Capta denarius lurking at the bottom right. Here's one from CNG's archives: [IMG]...
Good idea for a thread-- everyone is likely to have something to contribute :). @zumbly-- that Elagabalus is really cool. Why don't I have one?...
NOOOOOoooooo!! I want that one :( . Dibs dibs dibs :D
Oh, excellent! These were yours? I'll note that on the insert :) [IMG] [IMG]
Thanks for the writeup, V! I have four coins from Leo IV, all from a group lot purchased in 2013: SB 1728. Leo, crowned and wearing loros,...
I love knowing who owned my coins and if it comes from someone I know or have interacted with on CoinTalk, it makes it more special and I'm more...
That really is an unusual and wonderful portrait of Loki Domitian! Totally looks like Tom Hiddleston: [ATTACH]
It's a supercool type of coin! Neato! I don't have any coins depicting Bellerophon. Boo hoo hoo :( :D I thought it was a lion too, at first,...
Beautiful new tet, @Nemo!! Fantastic Kassander 1/5th tet too :) :joyful::joyful: I've shown my Philip II tet dozens of times but I'll happily...
Maybe it's neither lion nor griffin. Does that look like a goat coming out of the back of the lion? I think it may be! It's a chimaera! And...
:hilarious::hilarious: Curtis could make a three dimensional grid and we could be required to guess current owners of the coins and past owners...
I deployed the "hide signatures" a few weeks ago after this subject last came up, but it is a shame to forego seeing all of the useful website...
[ATTACH] After careful examination by a team of forensic experts, the actual message of this post was finally located above the distractingly...
Dang, I hate it when I unwittingly cause a friend financial pain :sorry:. It was still a good deal though. Nice coin! :)
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