Nice coins. Here's my example of the Faustina II seated Pudicitia sestertius (RIC 1381) - there's no reverse legend remaining, so I am basing my...
Worn ancients - a topic that warms the cockles of my heart. :shame: So as not to overwhelm the thread with 90% of my collection, I'll stick to a...
I just got a Ceres holding a torch and corn, but in a dupondius format. I based dupondius on weight and a faint brassy color, but it could be an...
Welcome to Coin Talk - those are three very nice looking denarii (plural of denarius). In addition to the links provided already, Wikipedia has...
Some various Antonine renditions of Genius: [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius Æ Dupondius (157-158 A.D.) Rome Mint ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P [IMP II]...
In this case, the dupondius is a lot thicker, but this isn't always the case. Ancient coin specifications - weights and diameters - were not very...
I took some photos of a Faustina I as and dupondius that show some of the differences - the color of the dupondius (right) is brassy. The...
I think I have another one - a gift from a very generous CT member. I had this one attributed as RIC 1173 - the reverse stuff is much easier to...
Thanks RC - I believe you are right - I think I can make out a Palladium rather than a globe. Faustina, as much as I am fond of her coins, often...
That book looks really interesting - if it is as good as the introduction to RIC part II it will be fine indeed. Here is part of that work in...
Nice OP - I like the colors. And RC, as always, an impressive batch of Faustinas. Any Faustina with a veil seems at least a bit scarce, at...
Nice owls in this thread. This one's not so nice, but it is a countermark owl and at $2.50 it fit within my budget. In the two-birds-on-one...
Great coins and information. Last month my local dealer had a James I halfgroat for $15 which sounded reasonable, so I bought it - I really like...
Here's a future consul honoring a kingly ancestor and furthermore was step-brother to future emperor Augustus. Three forms of government...
I have really come to look forward to Faustina Friday - great coins and an interesting post, RC. It made me think about my own Pietas issues of...
Lovely coin, Donna. And lots of others in this thread. Here is Diana (or Luna) driving a biga, seashell included - a pun on the moneyer's name:...
Thank you for identifying this for me, shanxi. It is far more interesting than I had hoped. It is an eBay auction that I'm dragging my feet on,...
This one has me stumped. It is 14MM 2.8 grams. Athena on the obverse? Scylla on the reverse? Some sort of snake-monster? Any help greatly...
Great coin & write-up. No Cleopatra Selene in my collection, but here's my Juba II: [ATTACH] Mauretania Denarius Juba II (25 B.C.-23 A.D.)...
I think this is the dupondius version of the OP - Pax stomping on a Dacian. It won't win any beauty contests either. [ATTACH] Trajan Æ...
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