One fun, popular, and easily-obtained set in the Roman series is of the so-called five good emperors. I recently came across Emanuelle Degli...
The history of the world might have been different had Carinus been able to keep it in his toga. Carinus, the elder son of Carus and brother of...
Post anything you feel is relevant, of course I am a sucker for Antonine women on coins and I continue in my quest for all the various reverse...
Rome mint issues I didn't have. Post anything you feel is relevant. [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-211 Roman AR denarius; 2.88 g, 17 mm Rome, AD...
A couple of recent purchases to round out the year. Faustina Senior, of course and Gallienus, of course. My 18th unique denarius of Faustina Sr:...
Post anything you feel is relevant! Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla was descended from an old Italian family. She was the wife of Trajan Decius...
Post anything you feel is relevant! Soon after the death of Constantine I in May, AD 337, his three sons began an issue commemorating the two...
A new purchase and an old one. I now have denarii with both VESTA reverse types of Julia Mamaea -- one where the goddess holds a Palladium, the...
The portrait of Apollo on this drachm of Clazomenae has always looked so familiar. I finally realized why. Post your coins with portraits that...
After a couple of lean years, I found myself with more disposable income this year and I disposed of it on coins, going on a buying-spree, even...
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I sent an e-mail to ACEassist@comcast.net and it bounced back as undeliverable. Anybody know how to get a hold of them? Are they still in operation?
I can't resist a good deal on these big marriage commemoratives, and at $45 including buyer's commission, paypal fees, currency exchange fees and...
I love Antonine women on coins; I actively collect Faustina I and II, Lucilla and Crispina. I got this one from Frank's latest auction. The coin...
I won this at Frank Robinson's latest auction and in the course of attributing it, I went to one of my go-to online references, Gallienus.net....
My first Salonina from this mint. A rather different portrait style for this empress. Large diameter but rather thin flan. As usual, post anything...
In AD 180, Commodus returned from the Danubian front, an event which was celebrated numismatically by coins depicting Fortuna, Roma, trophies and...
Interesting celator's error on the reverse, substituting the Greek H (eta) for a Roman E. I like the way the stag is rendered, too. Post...
Diva Faustina Junior consecration issue. It has a crescent (probably to represent the moon) and a large star within the crescent (possibly to...
Courtesy of our very own @John Anthony ! Not only do I like the hapless empress's hairdo, but look at the detail on Concordia! Post anything you...
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