Roman Imperial Coinage: "a British catalogue of Roman Imperial currency, from the time of the Battle of Actium (31 BC) to the Late Antiquity in...
[ATTACH] SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE Sestertius OBVERSE: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped bust right, seen...
[ATTACH] CRISPUS Follis OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind REVERSE: PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS,...
Happy birthday Z
[ATTACH] TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P laureate, draped REVERSE: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC – DAC CAP in ex....
I cannot contribute anything meaningful to this conversation, but I do like your new coins, especially coin number 3. Very nice. I own a few...
Very nice suninjune.
That is one of the nicest portraits of FII I've seen. Most make her look kinda pigish, but the OP coin's portrait makes her look beautiful.
Nice big Galba. Congrats.
Her is a good example of a coin I believe has a Syrian red patina: [ATTACH] MAXIMIANUS Antoninianus OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG,...
I agree with JA. Like Doug said, many of these do not include full legend, and many, because of the small flan, do not show the hand of God...
I recall reading something about coins found in certain parts of Syria being coated in a red patina caused by the minerals in the red sand found...
I do like the crown, but I favor the larger bronzes which have seen circulation. I am also drawn to the red coloring in the background. I'm not...
Post it anyways.
As much as I like your denarius, I much prefer the dupondius. Both are excellent. Out of 620 coins, I believe this is the only coin with...
How about "The Twelve Caesars" to honor this happy 12th birthday event: [ATTACH] 1st: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius 2nd: Caligula,...
I worry over the same question. Of over 600 coins in my collection, I have returned somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 for authenticity. I...
I'm not certain this applies, but the following coin was struck when Geta was approx. 12 years old: [ATTACH] GETA Billon Denarius...
Man, I would love to find something like this someday.
BTW, there is a reason I bought this coin in the first place. I mean, other than the fact it's a Vespasian. I unknowingly purchased a fake of...
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