Congrats! There is plenty of detail on a small flan. I was up at 7AM to watch the auction. No surprise, the one I was watching hammered well above...
The denarius was ten (X) asses from 211 to 141 BC when it was retarrifed to 16 (XVI) asses.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
congrats to you and @Orfew , please give us a progress report on attributions
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Had an interesting day watching the Themis auction. I only bid on halves, and won both - a cut Augustus denarii and a half Libra scale weight....
Nice coin. I am a fan of four, and two horse quadrigas. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congrats on your first old coin! It looks a bit like this one: [ATTACH] Gallienus. A.D. 253-268. BI antoninianus (24.4 mm, 3.18 g, 12 h). Antioch...
Interesting piece. What is the weight? Where did you buy it? What did the seller call it? I'd vote for a coffee filter in an early Cappuccino...
The Roman Republic had some one cast dotters: the middle bottom is a semiuncia, the dot is really part of the plant the right bottom is a sextans...
I like your Pansa, Cr 449/1a. I bought a similar coin shortly after starting collecting RR coins. Unfortunately the coin looked poorer in hand...
your fingers are faster than mine, plus you know this era
I am sure there are plenty here who can give you all of the details. If you want to ID the coin you can go here:...
An email from the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild arrived this week, 10/8. They asked for help by sending comments on renewal of the MOU with Greece...
Thanks for the link @Mat . The article by IAN RANDALL FOR MAILONLINE says the coin is cast - Over two millennia old, the token is one of three...
The auction had plenty of interesting coins. It was fun to watch. NAC did folks in the US a favor by starting it late in there day (7AM Houston...
Congrats @AncientJoe ! I look forward to your pics and write-up. [ATTACH]
congrats!
I like the stories that go with many of the Roman coins. I bought several LRBs and especially liked: Victorinus, Emperor of Gallic Empire 269 –...
how about 2 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/01/greek-numbers-on-coins-of.html
Nice pieces, thanks for sharing. It is hard to tell if bronze metal (aes rude and cast pieces) was money, raw material for for metal working, left...
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