Faustina II and her son Commodus (with his twin brother Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus). [ATTACH]
Of the nine types I have that appear to be missing from the index and binders, 6 have control numbers or other marks, and three do not. The three...
His first cousin, not his nephew, I believe.
The two different Frugi issues I understand, given that those seem to have been the two largest in terms of the numbers of different dies and die...
I loved Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. (I've always been a big fan of Bradbury's in general). I know they made a movie -- or perhaps a TV...
I have emailed Professor Yarrow about the notation on the image I found of one of my coins, and also conveyed the substance of your comment to...
Curtis, Spink did reprint all the BMCRE volumes in 2005, and one can buy them individually second-hand at a wide range of prices. See, e.g.,...
Further thanks. That's really so kind of you to put in all that effort on this! I think it has to be either Ronan or Roman. I kind of hope it's...
Thanks! It's certainly another clue. . . . I suppose it could also say "RONAN" with the N and A in ligature.
Your hands look fine, and quite a bit better than mine. I have nothing against manicures (not counting the present situation), except that I...
It looks like I found a match to one of my coins in the relevant Schaefer binder -- not just a double-die match, but, I'm pretty sure, my actual...
A great coin -- and finally a Melqart coin with an emperor other than Trajan!
The RPC entry just says "Melqart," but I thought it made sense to add the "as Herakles" to my own description.
My only example is this one: Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. Magistrates Sa.., Arethon and Cas-. Obv. Youth on...
You're not doing anything wrong. That one is missing from the index. In fact, in the process of annotating my personal catalogue with the...
I like it anyway -- thanks!
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These are all great coins. And, yes, they're all before Trajan's time, but the fact more relevant to my point is that they're all pre-Empire. In...
I know you may not see this, but in case you do: thank you! The finding aid with the list of abbreviations for different dealers/auction houses...
Of the 11 coins posted in this thread, 8 were issued under Trajan -- 8 of the 9 posted coins that were issued under the Empire. And I've...
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