I highly recommend getting on board with coinarchives to scout out condition and pricing. In this case I think the condition of the OP coin...
So is the paperwork saying the coin is original to 65 AD or an "original" repro product of the 17th or 18th century? The fabric of that coin does...
Sad to say it looks like the thread really is dead. Sorry to see it go down since there are so many other interesting coins to show. On that...
No takers for Paulina? Caecilia Paulina (died in 235/236) was a Roman Empress and consort to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, who ruled in 235–238....
Ah, okay, that will work. We already have one for Sabina. Here's her momma Matidia (Hadrians mother-in-law): [ATTACH] Now you know where...
Sorry. I didn't mean to kill the thread.
Very good, that is the usual reading of the situation, and I don't discount it. However.... The coin I showed is Thessalonica 161 in RIC VII for...
That's the lady, and your coin shows her. But take a look at this example. There's something about it which is not quite right (although the...
Two wives. His first love, to whom he was married before his elevation in office worked like mad to help him achieve success. She was the mother...
Coins of the two wives of Nero are not easy to come by in silver. Provincial bronze is available, if you don't mind stepping outside Imperial...
It wasn't stated, but may we assume that the coins we show are supposed to be in our collections?
Three women, four marriages: He started with Julia Paula, who looks like a determined Severide woman in this representation: [ATTACH] But she...
Hmmm. Has the balance on this shifted? Last I looked, most collectors of ancients frowned on slabbing. Cherd is a Junior Member who apparently...
I don't get on the list much anymore, but I do wish to thank all of you who took time to reply. I was intrigued by the variety of approaches you...
For your consideration: Suppose you had a collection of Roman Imperial silver and late Roman bronze numbering about 3000 coins, in a value range...
Helena! Ran a style show for her here a few years ago. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/helena-style-show.316613/ Nothing much has changed...
I haven't been posting for quite a while because of the amount of effort it took to make an image that communicated exactly what I wanted it to...
Showing pictures of the atrocities gives us part of the sad story, but what is the seller SAYING about these pieces? Does he call it restoration,...
Inasmuch as Faustina was still alive when her coinage began, why does he commence with her funeral and deification? Is he only interested in her...
Some shipments from Continental Europe might be temporarily held up for "decontamination" depending upon conditions at the source, but that does...
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