Great job with the website, @Valentinian! Here are some GENIOs. GENIO ANTIOCHENI: [IMG] Anonymous issue under Maximinus II. Roman billon quarter...
Yes. I bought mine from the same dealer and it's just the way that particular firm photographs the coins.
Thank you so much, @Curtisimo, for doing this again! It's one of the highlights of the coin talk year!
The relevant pages are available here on Google Books.
That's always a fun coin. You might enjoy my featured article about the type.[IMG]
Yes, if you think that's copper showing through. Asses, as a general rule -- you can't rely on this -- weigh less than dupondii, and yours is...
That was a collection sold in the Triton XX sale some years ago. I have a few from it. Many of AK's Julia Domnas were in a group lot. [IMG] Roman...
The only way to know is by trying to see if any of the bare metal shows through the patina. On this one, coppery-red shows through: [ATTACH]...
The top one is RIC 1155, BMCRE 1540, Juno raising hand and holding scepter: [ATTACH] I think the one on the bottom might be RIC 1173, BMCRE...
I think, even more clearly than the palladium, that the STA on the reverse at the end of AVGVSTA is there, eliminating AETERNITAS as a possibility.
I don't think that's RIC 1163 because its obverse inscription is DIVA FAVSTINA, not DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA. Moreover, I'm not sure that reads...
THAT'S IT!!! WTG, @Justin Lee!
You're welcome. And no, it's not a rarity. But it IS a Faustina coin and one simply can't obtain enough coins of Faustina I.
That is RIC 1163ab, BMC 1459-61. I have a couple of examples of this coin.[IMG] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman Æ as, 12.87 g, 26.4 mm, 6 h. Rome,...
I found Barbara Levick's Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age in the Oxford Women in Antiquity series very informative and...
I just love this left-facing bust of Sabina with her detailed diadem and Mona-Lisa-like smile: [IMG] Sabina, AD 117-137. Roman AR denarius, 3.28...
Imitative issue: [IMG] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Unofficial imitative issue, 3.19 g, 17.6 mm, 6 h. Ca. AD 140-160? Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed...
The first keystroke hits the 2 and 3 simultaneously, then the second keystroke hits the 1. Easy to understand.
[MEDIA] Photographed some new arrivals -- [ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.81 g, 27.3 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 150....
Congratulations on completing your set of the adoptive emperors! You've chosen some very interesting and historical reverse types. I love...
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