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Roman, Vespasian SestertiusVespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.90 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right. RIC 443; Cohen 419. Good VF, mottled green patina, light smoothing.
9 comments07/10/15 at 11:38Banjaxed: Beautiful. All the charisma of the old devil radia...
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Roman, Severus Alexander, Silver Denarius59850. Silver denarius, SRCV II 7923, RIC IV 252, RSC III 508a, BMCRE VI 813, VF, scratches, 3.143g, 19.8mm, 0o, Rome mint, 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder

Combined photo of coin with bust of Alex for comparison. Love the detail in the hair, eye, and beard. He looks a bit concerned.
2 commentsColby S07/10/15 at 11:33Banjaxed: Beautiful coin, and I go like the portrait. I love...
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Roman, Philip I.only the AV 2 comments07/10/15 at 11:22Banjaxed: I think I can actually see the man as he was here....
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Roman, GALBA2 commentsbenito07/10/15 at 11:13Banjaxed: An extraordinary face depicted in all it's cra...
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Roman, Elagabalus AR Antoninianus - SALVS ANTONINI AVGRoman Empire
Emperor Varius 'Elagabalus' Antoninus (218 - 222 AD)
Silver Antoninianus, Struck at the Rome Mint.

obv: IMP CAES M AUR ANTONINUS - Radiate bust of the Emperor right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: SALVS ANTONINI AUG - Salus standing facing right, holding snake, which she feeds from patera held in other hand.

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1 commentsrexesq07/10/15 at 11:11Banjaxed: I like how Elegabalus looks here. Something about ...
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Domitian AR Denarius 'Minerva'Bust; Right facing bust Laurete.
Obv. Legend; IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P X
Reverse legend; IMP XXI COS XV CENS P PP
Type; Minerva advancing right, aiming spear and holding shield.
Mint; Rome, 90 – 91 AD. 3.1 grams
2 commentsBanjaxed07/04/15 at 10:33Banjaxed: Thanks for the RIC ref David Atherton. I love the ...
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ANCIENT FORGERY -Dilver - Caracalla - NobilitasBearded Caracalla looking - apparently - clearly not ancient.
Obverse legend (probably intended as): ANTONINIVSPIVSAVG
Reverse legend (most likely): NOBILITAS
Reverse (again, probably): Nobilitas standing right, holding scepter and palladium, shield to right
(as per Aorta)

Above reflects the best, most likely attribution that I had but it did seem odd that the only attribution that I could come up with was for a 'Quinarius' as it's about the same size as my not-a-quinarius Elagabalus silver coin. I posted it in good faith thinking I'd done a good job to ID it given its condition. Below you can read the comments from other Forum members who told me it was most likely an ancient forgery.

It looks like that rather than go with a recognised, common coin that would stand out against the real thing, the forgers took a chance with a design known to be on the quinarius, but not on the denari. I suppose that they figured that folks would just assume that the mint was making denari with the same features as the quinarius (beared Caracalla, NOBILITAS etc) and not ask too many questions. OR, NOBILITAS was just the shortest reverse legend and the easiest picture to replicate. Why knows? A relic of the otherwise unpublished seedy underbelly of Rome... I like it. Hope you do to.
5 commentsBanjaxed03/24/15 at 07:52Banjaxed: If you are happy to call it an ancient forgery Are...
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ANCIENT FORGERY -Dilver - Caracalla - NobilitasBearded Caracalla looking - apparently - clearly not ancient.
Obverse legend (probably intended as): ANTONINIVSPIVSAVG
Reverse legend (most likely): NOBILITAS
Reverse (again, probably): Nobilitas standing right, holding scepter and palladium, shield to right
(as per Aorta)

Above reflects the best, most likely attribution that I had but it did seem odd that the only attribution that I could come up with was for a 'Quinarius' as it's about the same size as my not-a-quinarius Elagabalus silver coin. I posted it in good faith thinking I'd done a good job to ID it given its condition. Below you can read the comments from other Forum members who told me it was most likely an ancient forgery.

It looks like that rather than go with a recognised, common coin that would stand out against the real thing, the forgers took a chance with a design known to be on the quinarius, but not on the denari. I suppose that they figured that folks would just assume that the mint was making denari with the same features as the quinarius (beared Caracalla, NOBILITAS etc) and not ask too many questions. OR, NOBILITAS was just the shortest reverse legend and the easiest picture to replicate. Why knows? A relic of the otherwise unpublished seedy underbelly of Rome... I like it. Hope you do to.
5 commentsBanjaxed03/24/15 at 07:17Banjaxed: Well, it's from the same hoard as my Elagabalu...
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HippocampusSicily, Syracuse?

A nice surprise from an uncleaned lot.
I like the detail that remains on the hippocamp, and the eye slits on Athena's hoplite helmet.
2 commentsBanjaxed03/19/15 at 08:54Banjaxed: Truth be told I had no idea at all what I had, I h...
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Rupee (KM-80.x)1 commentsQuant.Geek10/20/14 at 09:50Banjaxed: Extraordinary peice. No idea what it says, but the...
   
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