That coin is cool! From Rome itself, Volusian Sestertius: Volusian (251-253 A.D.) AE Sestertius, 29 mm 16 grams, Rome mint Obverse: IMP CAE C...
Please show again once you have rinsed off some of the crud. Looks promising.
Hmmm...I don't recall any reverses with gladiators in the Imperial period, even though the sport was quite popular. One wonders why Phillip the...
Gordy I has more hair than Gordy II as I remember!!!
Hahaha!
At this rate I'll sell my hoard coins of uncleaned bronze late romans for $42,000 (that would be $60 a piece, approximately) - what a deal!!!
Here's one from the year of the six emperors (238 A.D.) It also features VICTORY, presumably celebrating the victory over Maximinus Thrax....
Congrats on achieving your goal of completing the good/adoptive emperors. Soon afterwards the historian Cassius Dio would comment that "for our...
Earlier emperors, i.e. Augustus struck coins in Spain and Gaul. Antioch was an active mint for some official issues as well as a robust provincial...
Nice write-up. Marcus is not often remembered for his wars but rather for the Meditations, a quote from which I have in my signature. In the film...
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Hopefully mine will show up Monday.
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Nice coin. It's interesting how those Alexandrian coins pop up here and there!
Yeah, he just needs a pipe, appears to already have rosy cheeks.
Nice new coin @furryfrog02 - a good addition to your collection. I'm waiting for my FSR coins to show up in the mail. Meanwhile Here's a Postumus...
Very cool @Deacon Ray!
To me a bit of the legend seems to have "medieval" style lettering - a little blocky. It may be something minted in Eastern Europe as I have seen...
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Looks great. Thanks for showing it.
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