My site on Maximinus Thrax http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Maximinus/Maximinus.html begins with an example of his early portrait and a similar...
Diana and hound [ATTACH] Macrinus, 217-218 AE28. Nicopolis ad Istrum AVT K OΠΠEΛ C-EVH MAKPINOC ["C-EVH" for Severus] Autokrater, Caesar...
This thread proves many CT members have excellent Byzantine coins. If you don't know much about Byzantine coins and wonder about them, you can...
I won't, because I like the coin better in hand than I expected from their photo.
When you buy a coin from a photograph, after you've got it, it is a good idea to compare the coin to the photograph and see if you can tell what...
What is interesting to me is the date of the coin and the title it recorded: PF S AVG for "Senior" Augustus during his "second-reign." [ATTACH]...
First try. [ATTACH] Of course, I have been at it for 48 years.
An excellent group with AE in remarkably nice condition. #1 has a super strike with no doubling and with legible legends. That's very unusual!
I think I detect a Persian, or Parthian, theme! You picked a good username. Yes. Clever!
In this thread bcuda wrote I don't get to show very many people my coins cause they just don't have any interest. So sorry but you guys are my...
[ATTACH] In Roman times, Santa used a ship, not a sleigh. Santa LAETITIA = gladness/riches (according to google translate thesaurus). It only...
I like all the coins. My favorites are the Julian II, the Caligula, and the thick Castulo 2nd Century BC. Dupondius.
Here is a stag: [ATTACH] DIANAE CONS AVG IX in exergue Stag left 21 mm. RIC 179 sole reign, Rome mint Sear 10201 (left)
You may be right. I certainly hope so. Your coin has a distinct roll of hair at the face line that the fakes I linked to do not. I am beginning to...
Gallienus, Roman emperor 253-268, issued a whole "zoo" of coin types in his last issue of his sole reign at Rome, c. 267-268. The Cunetio Treasure...
PayPal charges a much higher fee than they claim for international sales by sneakily using a poor exchange rate. The seller gets about 4% less...
@AdamB , I'm sorry, but I think it is a modern fake. A big "hoard" of these appeared at the 1999 New York International. After many were sold the...
Earlier in this thread I showed my Maximinus II HERCVLI VICTORI with weary Hercules. Since then I visited Rome and Naples: [ATTACH] EDIT: This...
The whole group is desirable, but this would be my #1.
I wrote, "It has the same reverse legend and type." To me, the word "type" refers to the main elements of the device and does not refer to...
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