That's an excellent synopsis, Gao, and you're right - it is complicated and largely unclear. One correction: I believe you meant to say 1/100 of a...
Those are excellent examples of the reverse type. I'm still waiting for my Moneta to come along at the right price. So far she's been very...
1 looks damaged and repaired, as Bing mentioned. I don't like 2 at all - obvious tooling of fine detail that the coin probably didn't have even...
This type was minted all over the empire. Arles is only one possibility. Given the good detail on the rest of the coin, I'm guessing the mint mark...
Great portrait on that coin, Mat. Nice find! You've all seen my one denarius of Julia Domna (I don't really collect Severan dynasty), but here she...
He would have had to have been a ghost to throw the Consecratio - not saying it isn't possible. :) Nice coins everyone.
His brain? Lol, just jokes Steve - love you man!
That's creepy. I want one so I can put it on and sneak into my kids' room in the middle of the night. Bwhahaha...
Great. Another penis thread. :rolleyes: Well, for one thing, the Romans depicted many gods without any pants - or shirt, or shoes, or loincloth...
Balance is best. Recent scholarship has amended some of the analyses in RIC, but I enjoy reading them nonetheless. Varbanov spent a lifetime...
It's interesting to note that the eyes on that statue are stylized the same way as they are on certain coins. Not all of the mints went the...
I don't think I'd enjoy this hobby half as much if it weren't for forums. For one thing, I'd have to drive to Doug's house for show-and-tell every...
Thanks Steve. Yeah, he takes very good pics. Like I said, I'm very happy with the coin. It may have been gilded recently, but there's also a good...
Good stuff, Gil. Four types that are on my list - just haven't gotten to them yet.
Indeed. Nice work on that one!
Frequently, looking for logic in the actions of government officials is an exercise in futility.
Alternatively, the coins could have been placed in a depression to hold them in place while being restruck. But you're right - the more...
Mysia, Pergamon AE21, 7.7g, 133-127 BC Obv.: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev.: AΘΗΝΑΣ / ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ either side of trophy; trophy consisting of...
Pautalia, Geta, 189-211 AE18, 3.6g, 12h; Thrace, Pautalia Obv.: L CЄΠΤ ΓΕΤΑC Κ; bareheaded, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ΟΥΛΠΙΑC...
A very interesting read! I don't think it would have been difficult to create the overstriking dies with a lip around the edge (that would...
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