Thanks to all who replied to my question. I suspect all languages would show regional variations. The time I spent in the Army introduced me to...
Hadrian Alexandria 4dr / Serapis with Cerberus [ATTACH] Next: a spelled out Alexandrian date
Rome. The dolphin even has the R to the left.
I would address the possibility that the coin was not a regular issue coin but a mini-medallion of some sort for a special use which we do not...
Septimius Severus 'Emesa' mint VI------------------CT ORAVG [ATTACH] Next: another coin with design that forced an unusual legend spacing
The common Marsyas is the Republican denarius. [ATTACH] Next: a coin of Apollo showing him doing something other than just standing or sitting
Tiberius used a larger globe on this as. Does the rudder indicate that Rome was travelling all over or what? [ATTACH]
I have no explanation for the lion or the similar whale/dolphin. [ATTACH]
I wish there were a way to eliminate the idea that the ONLY way to collect is one coin per emperor. You brought that attitude with you from your...
I consider Valentinian's investment page one of the best on his site and I agree with every word --- especially the last one: Maybe? I am of the...
We are taught that the Romans did not space words. Here is a Aurelian with the OR repeated. [ATTACH] But my favorite clearly finishes RESTITVTOR...
A picture is worth 10,000 words so my Aurelian lion is equivalent of a lot of letters.:) [ATTACH] This Constantinople Julian II AE1 bull has a...
For comparison: every die is different yet all are the same. These were made for several years and there are hundreds of die (estimate). [ATTACH]...
Sikyon obol 360-330 BC[ATTACH] Next: same animal on both sides of a coin
Slabbed coins in high grade tend to bring higher prices but lower grade ones do not do as well. You answered your own question when you said you...
When was this statue made? [IMG]
No. The people who require slabbed coins are not likely to understand what it is about these that is special. They are not expensive as much as...
I really liked the balance on mine a lot but it came at the price of the waves. Round coins tend to lose the chin or ends of the ship. Legends...
I am surprised no one called you on this error. See the A!
Both are far better than the usual we see shown here are things found at an estate sale. I would be very surprised if those were the only two...
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