Here's a fun one with Tranquillina. I just really like the green green patina. [ATTACH] THRACE. Anchialus. Gordian III with Tranquillina...
Haha no... I'm sure he's posting this with a wink and knows this is a modern display. But when you find something like this at a antique store as...
Wow, that's an interesting... piece! Seems to be some sort of display made by someone with a coin where they couldn't quite make out the legends....
Yeah that’s what I was thinking too... I understand lemon is often used for silver and not bronze but had also read that “spot” usage (only on the...
Quick question to the group... I have this Victorinus that's been sitting in a jar as a "give away" or "sell" coin for years. It was struck by a...
I’ve always liked that story too. It is also in the Carus section of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I believe.
Probably Valens (or Valentinian but legend looks to support Valens).
I was looking for more information on mine awhile ago and posted about it on another forum. You’d need to register to see photos but without...
You did well, congrats! I hope these are the firsts of many. You got the Caracalla for a fair price and the Diocletian for a great price! But...
Yes, mine shows the convexity you mention. I’m not sure if you can see it better here but it’s not a flat coin but cupped. [ATTACH]
I don’t know much about the coinage of Pompey’s side in the war against J Caesar. Did his army mint much coinage while they were maneuvering...
That's a very cool coin! Here are a couple of my Lysimachos I coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin! What are the legends on the obverse and reverse?
Great coin! Here's mine from a similar but later issue in 67bc. [ATTACH] C. Calpurnius L.f. Frugi. Ob: Head of Apollo r., hair bound with fillet;...
Great job getting the crud off! I'd now try to let it tone a bit. I hear setting a coin in the sun by a window for a few months can add some toning.
Rome [ATTACH] Samosata or Antioch [ATTACH] Salonina's portraits vary so much that there aren't really characteristics that are always one way or...
Haha, that's great! It inspired me to take a photo with a recent birthday present... my lego legionary with a Justinian coin that's been giving me...
Oooh... I had a long battle trying to find the right Florian, something that was nice but that didn't cost a ton. Here's the one I finally...
Here's one that is as close to yours as I have (@furryfrog02 's coin is the same as yours)... rather than Maximian (as yours is), mine is Galerius...
It looks cast in white metal. The coin should be bronze and struck. It is a replica, likely cast from a real coin. Still, if it creates an...
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