Stunning!
Very interesting! I'm always impressed by your Faustina knowledge and collection. The presence of the rounded 'U' is intriguing and seems to be...
I'm glad you like it! I believe I dropped $885 total on the tessera, which seemed like a steal. It comes from a European collection, pre-2005....
Nice coin! I don't have many coins with heroic busts, so I'll share this big lead tessera from Asia Minor featuring Antinoüs that I picked up...
Very nice portrait! I'm glad it arrived safely.
It seems like 3-4 weeks has become the new normal for international coin shipments, at least in my experience. More often than not customs is to...
Nice coin! Here's one from Sala struck during the reign of Marcus Aurelius under magistrate Dama. It features the 'youthful Roman Senate' and...
Find of a lifetime. I've been waiting 20 years to nab a Jackson Pollock or ancient Roman bust at Goodwill. So far my best art find is an...
That's a great question, @DonnaML. I suppose the presence of the tail fin (more prominent on some issues than others) might offer a clue....
The story of Glycon, the sock puppet snake god with a bearded humanoid head, snake body, and fish tail, is so outlandish and interesting that I...
Beautiful coin with great style!
Here are a couple of wine-related Thracian coins: a tetradrachm from Thasos and a triobol from Maroneia. [IMG] [IMG]
This hemidrachm was struck in the city of Caesarea, the capital of the eastern Roman province of Cappadocia (modern day Kayseri, Turkey). It was...
Thanks for sharing the article! Here's an as of Claudius with the common Libertas reverse: [IMG]
Your coin has a great smile and overall style. Here is my mid-mass coinage issue: [IMG]
Is that a 2017 D? Might need to get that one encapsulated.
Beautiful coin! I guessed wrong.
An exceptionally nice example, congrats!
Impressive collection of clubs! 50 Cent would definitely approve :)
That's a cool copy of Sydenham's work, complete with a bookplate from the ANS library! I picked up a copy a while back from Amazon with Alex...
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