Thanks @AncientJoe That is indeed more what the coin actually looks like. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Since my camera broke a couple...
The coin arrived today. Here is an updated photo. The toning is just beautiful and the coin looks much better in hand than in the photos....
Sorry Brian, I was making a joking reference to an old Pink Floyd song.
Is that "pigs three different ones"?
A lovely coin @Mat Congrats on this very nice addition to your collection.
Before [ATTACH] After [ATTACH] I think it does a very good job. I like it.
A lovely coin David. Here is a worn coin that is a favorite of mine. Julius Caesar [ATTACH]
Thanks very much for the kind comments. I was very lucky to find this one especially given the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli provenance. When I saw it I...
Thanks @octavius In a month or 2 my entire collection will be over 95% first century coins.
Thanks David. I did notice that the dies were different. I find that interesting given the rarity of this type.
Beautiful. Thanks for posting it here.
This popped up on VCoins a little while ago. It is a very sought after reverse for Vespasian which features Nemesis. A reverse copied from a...
David, that D541 is just lovely. A great portrait and a wonderful horse on the reverse.
Thanks Jay. Yes, it is a lot of fun. I am really enjoying the hunt for these. I am also learning quite a bit about Domitian's coinage as I hunt...
This first coin is a Minerva reverse Domitian from the rare Fifth Issue of 86 CE. This one is interesting because of the TR P VI on the obverse. I...
Here is a little limerick I came up with: There once was a man named Suetonius Whose prose was close to felonious He took up his stylus In...
I received the coin today. Here is an updated photo. [ATTACH]
I personally do not care about the centering on that coin, it is a lovely example. Congrats on adding this one to your collection.
When there are only a few dies known to exist for very rare issues it is expected to find die matches. Sometimes both obverse and reverse dies...
I know this one is a bit rough, but it is the first one I have seen come up for sale. Still I really liked the portrait. The second issue is...
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