Why is Mars wearing a cocktail dress? [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 198–202 AD, Antiochia mint (previously attributed to...
That's an attractive portrait on your Vespasian dupondius. I don't mind a bit of fleur de circulation either, especially on larger bronzes:...
That's a beautiful coin – I particularly like the obverse showing Thessalos being dragged along by the bull. There really is a dramatic sense of...
This almost screams @Curtisimo . Not only does he collect broadly, including Greek and Roman, he also seems to favor slightly unusual coins. The...
That's a most respectable example of this type! My first Gorgon from Amisos was much, much worse, and thus I upgraded to the coin below, which I...
An interesting idea for a collection, @Dougmeister. Might I ask whether you are looking to acquire these coins for yourself, or whether you want...
I remember AMCC 1 very fondly – there were a great many wonderful coins in this auction. AMCC 2, with an in my opinion even better catalogue, is...
Very nice coins, everyone, and a truly fascinating collection area! These (common and admittedly very unappealing) overstrikes copying a Greek...
Wow everyone, what a wonderful selection of great Severan coins in this thread! @TIF , that coin is simply fantastic. What a mindblowingly...
This is a very hard one – if it had come earlier, I would probably guessed that it is @dougsmit 's coin. Yet, I already suggested him to be the...
That's a very good question and I'd love to hear how others do it! Many large collections and catalogues follow Eckhel's system of sorting all...
Nice write-up, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix , and interesting coins, everyone! Here is my standard denarius of this rather unwilling emperor....
As many others in this forum, I like the coinage of Septimius Severus. Especially his denarii come with a plentitude of interesting reverses and...
Wonderful post and great cleaning results. Thanks for sharing this information. Do you think sodium thiosulphate is preferable to using EDTA or a...
Nice coins of an interesting emperor! With just one T-Bone in my collection, I consider myself only minimally infected: [ATTACH] Trebonianus...
Here is is what @Al Kowsky has in aprevious thread stated about his wonderful Theodosius II solidus: Considering that he likes that magnificent...
That depends on what exactly you are searching for. A standard reference catalogue for bracteates in German is Frank Berger: Mittelalterliche...
That's an interesting coin – congratulations on the new acquisition! The reverse really captures the movement of wrestling. Also, thanks for the...
That's a nice bronze scallop you have there! Concerning the bronze rings, I have read about theories that these rings constituted parts of...
@Parthicus has been known to now and then also collect provincial Roman coins , this wouldn't be the only Gordian III in his collection. Yet,...
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