A selfie from a couple of days ago....starting to get a bit grey... [ATTACH]
Great coin @Bing
I should add that the letter SC appear on the reverse but I am not sure that it means Senatus Consulto - if so, which Senate, Rome's or somewhere...
In addition to participating in Cointalk I am Co-Administrator of an Astronomy Forum, which takes up some of my time......
My initial goal is a coin of every emperor (and usurpers when available) as well significant family members who issued coinage. I don't really...
Well he did build the Antonine Wall - the closest thing to war during his time in office.
Tyche type from A. Pius. I can't help but think of Carmen Miranda...;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Postumus AE Double Sestertius. Worn and weirdly patinated, with an interesting rendition of the emperor standing on the reverse wearing a helmet....
Marcus as Caesar from Alexandria. Note also the Marcus' quote in my signature... Type: AE Drachm, 33mm, 22.95 grams Obverse: Bare headed and...
I don't think it's dying. Seems to be a lot of activity in auctions. Plus, there is a flood of new collectors buying at the top end of the market.
Great coins. I'll have to visit next time I'm in Malibu.
Gold coins, yes. Bronze coins, no. ;)
Nice coins @galba68 !
I would guess that the remainder of the Egyptian pieces are authentic. As an interesting aside I spent four months in Egypt a few years back and...
I've had similar thoughts about the deified Constantine coinage. Who actually was crafting the iconography, and how did it fit within the...
Someone tried to pass a fake Nero billon tet on me (cast) so one does have to look out for this sort of thing.
I'm up at about 750 coins (including LRB's) and have no limit. I have about 250 nice coins at this point, hopefully will eventually reach 1,000 coins.
Unfortunately is a fake most likely.
Nice coins @Roman Collector - and great coins all. Regrettably I don't have a IVNO reverse type yet.
Nice coins Ken.
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