Great coin @zumbly! Yes, @Mikey Zee is missed. I do hope all is well with him.
Let's face it, people go after a Cleo because of the portrait. IMHO, you have a winner there. Congrats!
@zumbly is correct about the Stobi Titus as Caesar. It is RPC 310 - a fairly scarce type!
Sorry for your loss. I somewhat understand what you are going through. Three years ago this month I had to put down a cat that was part of the...
I understood it to mean that Vespasian's signed issue of the type under Nero was obscure (RPC 4849). Which, in the grand scheme of things, it is....
Thanks @alde! A fantastic piece that will be greatly appreciated during my stewardship of it.
Hooray!
These two posts are roughly 15 minutes apart. Is that all the time it took to do the deed?
No one else will ever again take two photos of that coin ... unless it's for a post mortem.
Normally, I don't quote other people's work in full, but in this case a paraphrasing would not due. Buttrey's full argument deserves to be read by...
I believe the antiquarian nature of his coinage owes a lot to his own personal preferences.
Every once and a while a coin comes along that really blows your mind. The beauty and history of the following coin did it for me (Thanks @alde!)....
Here is a rather 'curvy' Venus. [ATTACH]Julia Titi AR Denarius, 3.22g Rome mint, 80-81 AD (Titus) RIC 387 (R). BMC 140. RSC 12. Obv: IVLIA...
Wow! Both coins are lovely. Congrats on your new addition!
I love Cappadocian silver, you got a nice one there. Congrats!
A coin with a lot of historical appeal. Congrats!
Neat reverse!
I am glad to hear you are OK. BTW, lovely coins!
A brief word about Titus' 15th imperial acclamation which was awarded for a victory by Agricola in northern Britain (Dio 66.20.3). There is an...
Thanks AA! Your coin with IMP XIIII would likely be within a month either side of the traditional Vesuvian date of 24 August. IMP XV was awarded...
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