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Re: Post a Coin with Green Toning
Ancient bronze tends to tone green, like this sestertius depicting Nero's Port of Ostia: (View Post)1 -
Re: Favorite ALL TIME coin in your collection
Beware the Ides of March! (View Post)29 -
Re: Eye Appealing Coins in Your Collection - Share a Favorite or two
This tetradrachm of Kamarina jumped out of the tray and I just had to buy it: (View Post)31 -
Re: The "keystone" of my collection . . . . . post yours . . . .
My centerpiece, one of the finest Eid Mar denarii, struck by Brutus to commemorate his assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44BC: (View Post)30 -
Re: Hoist your sails....post some coins with ships on them
One of my newer purchases, one of the most iconic ancient Roman coins: a sestertius minted by Nero showing the Port of Ostia with seven ships on the reverse. See this thread for more detail: Port of … (View Post)1