Wow! Those ARE uncommonly well-struck and well-preserved!
Like Lucy, who was unimpressed by Beethoven because he doesn't appear on bubblegum cards, I was underwhelmed by the Tyrant Collection's selection...
That's a nice coin, @David Atherton! The Minerva is very well drawn and well-struck. Nice patina, too. Here's a boring old Domitian with a...
Huh?? Some people actually sell items in their collection??? But then you'd have fewer coins!! [IMG]
[IMG] Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.22 g, 22.6 mm, 5 h. Rome, 5th officina, 4th emission, AD 245. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG,...
[IMG] Yes, Snoop, it's Faustina Friday! TGIFF, everyone! I've had this coin for nearly three years now, but I hadn't studied it in depth until...
I prefer my bronze coins PATINATED! [ATTACH]
Happy birthday, Rome! Fun write-up, as always, @Ryro! Eternal Rome personified: [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus,...
Prolonged contact with a copper object while buried?
Crocodile rock! [MEDIA] My croc! [IMG] Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman Æ dupondius, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h. Nemausus, after 16/15...
Nice! She's a hard one to come by. I have only three coins of Agrippina II, all provincials. [ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54 and Agrippina II, AD...
First century. [IMG] Titus as Caesar, AD 69-79. Roman AR Denarius, 3.27 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 76. Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head...
Fun write-up, as usual, @Ryro! Here's Claudia Octavia, the sister of Britannicus. [IMG] Nero and Claudia Octavia. Roman provincial billon...
[IMG] Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm. Thrace, Augusta Traiana, AD 161-169. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV-ΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ, bare...
Reminds me of this. I really want to know the backstory here. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Time of Constans and Constantius II. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.59 g, 14.3 mm, 5 h. Heraclea, AD 347-348. Obv: VRBS ROMA,...
Alright, how about a city named after a woman, such as Laodicea or Plotinopolis? How about Marcianopolis, named after Marciana?? [ATTACH]
Nothing says "Seleucid" like a bottle cap with an elephant! This one is ex-Houghton: [IMG] Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and...
This article by Steve Benner for CoinWeek introduced me to the Kingdom of Sophene. I am embarrassed to say that I had never heard of it until just...
AWESOME!
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