Nice, I've also been thinking about drawing coins or combining them somehow into art as I'm painting a bit myself. I have an idea to paint roman...
In Denmark around 6000 Denarii have been found, and probably tons of coins are still hidden in the Scandinavian soil as the pre-viking era...
Yeah it's very cool, considering how far the vikings reached I'm not that suprised if people managed to get far out in europe prior to that.
HGC says R1 with the definintion. "Rare. Whitin a range of 10-30 examples. R1 coins appear in a smaller number of collections and catalogs. R1...
Last year I bought two denarii from Trajan and Geta and came up with the idea to see if the types had ever been found in Sweden. As some CT...
I think @akeady and @svessien are correct. I believe the first one is HGC 2 1508. Obv. Head of Apollo. Rev. Flying Pegasus. Second one is HGC...
Damn, good quality too!
A rare of an already rare coin, that's neat congratz!
Congratz! Great coin and a great start for Sicily bronzes. I'm looking to find a good Poseidon for my own collection of the Greek Pantheon. Here...
Here are two, 2 marks from Karl XII or Charles XII as he is called internationally. With and without wig. The dates for Gustavus Adolphus, 1632...
Very nice! I see that you also have the same variant that I just got. I like the Trajan one with the walking Mars.
APOLLO MY SECOND OLYMPIAN Mythology We all know Zeus just couldn't keep his dick in his pants which is the main cause for many greek myths, one...
Great coin and the myth is a nice story too. I also want to get one of these one day. :)
Do as you see fit but I don't think you need to worry about damaging the coin. It has made it through almost 2000 years I think it can make a...
I have missed this thread, lots of great and quite rare coins in very good condition. As a swede it's really fun to see that so many are...
I prefere how coins are organized in RIC compared to Sear. Although that's just a matter of taste. Sear's books are cheaper compared to getting...
@Orfew congratz nice one! I have been thinking of getting all four variants maybe not able to get all rare ones but just the different types of...
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I believe what you have is a RIC IV Severus Alexander 252a. I hope that helps. Btw OCRE is an awesome database for imperial roman coins.
Nice one Donna, I thought the hands were shaking/clasping like other variations without the standard so the standard should be part of the background?
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