My two newest ancient roman additions:

I got both of these for $18.00 shipped:


The first one is unattributed, please don't give the attribution on herre because I want to attribute it. This one cost me $5.





And the MOJO of the day, This one cost me $8.:

Silvered antoninianus, RIC V 154, aVF, chipped flan, 3.63g, 23.1mm, 180o, Ticinum mint, obverse IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing left raising hand and holding globe, foot on captive left, captive at feet right, [...]XXT in ex



and of course, $5 for shipping. What do y'all think?

stainless

 

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well done. the first one is... oh never mind!

 

Looks good to me.

Make sure you buy from a reputable source because there are TONS of counterfeit ancient coins out there.

 

Many of them are easier to catch though.

This is where I learned to detect counterfeits.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php

 

Cool. I like that site and have bookmarked it.

 

The first one commemorates Ben-Hur winning his chariot race.
The second one commemorates the one day per year that Caligula was a nice guy.

 

I like the antoninianus