I meant another sow like the one I had posted. In other words, a female -- which you can usually tell on coins the same way you can tell a wolf...
But how do you know it's a sow?
It's even worse for slabbed coins offered on ebay! I agree that @Gam3rBlake should take that offer if it's still out there. She could buy at least...
Titus Caesar (son of Vespasian). AR Denarius 77=78 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, T CAESAR VESPASIANVS (counterclockwise from lower...
@Herodotus, I respect your opinions, and it's hardly my job to defend @Gam3rBlake, but in this case I think you're being a bit harsh on her. We...
If nobody has another animal sacrifice coin, an ordinary sacrificial scene sans animal will do!
I wasn't expressing outrage. More incredulity mixed with a little amusement.
Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus (Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus [mint magistrate ca. 96 BCE], and grandson of Spurius...
Ridiculous. If anyone saw that color in the sky they'd never call it a rainbow in a million years.
I actually have three minted in that year -- the others were issued by Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito and Aulus Plautius -- but haven't posted this...
The Hadrian and the Augustus (a very common type) look pretty typical to me. But I've been wrong before, in both directions!
Thanks for fixing. I wasn't annoyed the first couple of times it happened -- after three times, I started to wonder if it's something personal!
You are all out of order! My request came before Claudius's first one with the quadriga, so every one of the five following his is off-topic. See...
Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control mark N under left chin [mark of value...
Roman Republic, C. Vibius Varus, AR Denarius, 42 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Bacchus (or Liber)* right, wearing earring and wreath of ivy and...
Does anyone here even have one?
Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Serdica [Sofia, Bulgaria] Mint, 3rd Officina, 4th emission, 280-281 AD [Gysen]. 277 AD (Sear). Obv....
Thank you. I guess it's unanimous!
Two coins from Antioch (Trajan and Maximinus II); thus, the river god shown with Tyche on each of them is Orontes -- as, presumably, is yours:...
Nothing to do with Boscoreale toning, but does anyone know why it is that Nero's aurei in general seem to be less expensive than any other...
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