Aurelian with stubble: [ATTACH] and with a fuller beard: [ATTACH]
Very nice lot of LRBCs!
Any trace of a casting seam along the edge? If not, it's probably the real deal.
I love that!!
The restoration looks great and is professionally done. How is this different than the Louvre restoring great works of art from antiquity, such as...
That is absolutely fascinating! I didn't know about this previously and now I have a fun story to tell the folks at the coin club!
Let's see your left-facing busts, particularly those that "aren't supposed to be" left-facing. Left-facing busts aren't unusual on Greek coins:...
I love that Marcus Aurelius AE. Wonderful patina and excellent style! This thread is too fun! How about Julian II and his "I'm so hip, there...
LOL!! I love it!
Then, there's the unfortunate pseudo-beard and pseudo-moustache when the silvering wears away from a woman's portrait. Poor Severina! [ATTACH]
Caracalla curly neck-beard: [ATTACH]
The reverse legends vary somewhat and the style of the portrait is different. The placement of the drapery around Venus is different, too. Rome...
Great deal for a coin with a lovely patina and nice style!
Lovely coin! Interesting write-up about Titus' issues in Alexandria, too.
Theodosius I AE-4 with the Princess Leia and R2 D2 reverse: [ATTACH]
17- or 18-year-old Gordian III with the "peach fuzz" mutton-chops: [ATTACH]
Here's the UGLY Tacitus neck beard! [ATTACH]
Sestertius with the Apollo reverse: [ATTACH]
The medallion is not ancient or medieval. I'm guessing 19th or 20th century. A character from a Wagner opera, perhaps? Siegfried? Is there any...
That Antoninianus is actually RIC 5, Cohen 11. [ATTACH]
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