Yep, I am aware of these types with the club of Hercules (very interesting coins in conjunction with Commodus) and there was an As I wanted to...
After my health suffered a serious kick in the back side and I thought I will be mentioned as Divus Ambrozius soon (not Covid), it appears I'll...
@David Atherton - that's not good at all. Do you have the possibility to take a photo at 10x? I would be interested to see how an obvious tooling...
I would have to read more on this topic - it is really interesting and I'm surprised in a bad way I didn't pay attention to the aspect. Here is...
Not sure if that was a question for me, but it makes me wonder now. Just checked the plate coin in the reference I found it and it seems that on...
I don't like the place you read that opinion, mainly for personal reasons. Yep, it's more academic, to put it so. And I still read it sometimes...
@David Atherton - congratulations! I am always happy for a collector who gets a nice overlooked coin in his or her area of interest. The coin is...
This is absolutely correct, it will be difficult to find an ancients collector having only RR or only RIC. Roman Imperial are the most popular...
[ATTACH] PLAUTILLA (Augusta, 202-205) AR Denarius. Rome. Obv: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA - draped bust right. Rev: VENVS VICTRIX - Venus standing left,...
First two options. I was always attracted to Roman Imperial coins but before starting to study and collect them I was under the impression the...
My most sincere condolences, friend. [ATTACH]
What about an AETERNITAS reverse.... with Providentia? [ATTACH] DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina I, veiled, right / AETERNITAS S C,...
[ATTACH] Q. Titius, Rome, 90 BC. AR Denarius. Head of young Bacchus right (Liber?!) , wearing ivy wreath. Rev: Pegasus springing right Q·TITI...
A friend for @ancient coin hunter's griffin. [ATTACH]
A very nice example. I bought a similar coin in my last auction [ATTACH] Gallienus AD 267-268. "Animal/ Mythical series" issue. Rome...
... when a modern coin - round and uniform, looks very strange and off and the first thing in mind is "this must be a poor fake" True story.
The chunkier the merrier Here is one of my latest purchases - a Maximianus Alexandrian tetradrachm. Really love the coloring and I am glad I won...
As usually, good write-up and documentation. My first Faustina II Denarius is a IVNONI REGINAE. [ATTACH] Faustina II AD 147-175. From the Tareq...
Beautiful! One of my first denarii and one of the first I saw was also a Julia Domna. Not a gift but still one of the coins I like the most,...
I think this fits fine [ATTACH] Euboea. Histiaia circa 338-304 BC. Tetrobol AR,14 mm, 1,94 g obv. head of nymph Histaia to right, wreathed with...
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