galba68

Overstriked coin of Gallienus, 4.2o gr, after cleaning...

Licinius II, ae follis..

20 hours ago, galba68 said:

Hadrian sestertius, Concordia, 26 gr..

 

 

*True pocket size monuments on which the hand of time has laid patinas whose colours are matched solely on the palettes of Flemish painters*

ELLIO BIAGGI

*The Imperial Sestertii and their patinas*

Hadrian sestertius, Concordia, 26 gr..

Today, I bought my friend very interesting MD find for my collection...

Roman iron Caltrop, 5x6 cm, 29 gr..

This man is truly a master of coin photography..

https://hipshotphotography.com/

When I saw this coin at the bottom of the hole, I thought it was gold, but reality slapped me badly..

Gordianus III, Nicaea, 2.5o gr..

36 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Oh a Iulia Soaemias! Beautiful. How did you get the coin cleaned? What steps did you take

I kept this denarius in vinegar overnight, after that just use a cloth, and thats it..

Julia Soaemias, denarius, 3.5o gr, and proto curency, 12 gr..

21 hours ago, Ryro said:

I sure do love your collection of animal prints on bricks😍How many do you have at this point?

Hi Ryro, how are you? For now, I have 8 bricks, over 5-6 I gave as a gift..I found a professional photographer who would photograph all the bricks, and I will publish on Shutterstock platform..I think thats a good idea...

14 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Wow. Fantastic! Did you find it yourself?

Hi Donna, I found that brick at the very edge of the field..Farmers are bothered by these large bricks and stones when cultivating the field, so they throw them at the end of the fields, outside the arable land..The farmer told me, that many years ago, all the farmers who have land in that area, gathered those bricks and marble slabs into one pile and took it to local landfill..To my horror, he added, that some marble slabs had inscriptions, but they could not read it!

I give this brick with dog/lynx footprint on it, to a friend in exchange for some coins, but he gave it back to me after few years..This time,it will stay with me!!!

Its massive, 44cmX29cm, 13 kg..

7 minutes ago, Leo said:

This is such an adorable artifact! The owner must have been a bit mad at the dog for ruining his brand new brick.
But hey, we never get mad with our doggos.

I have this Hadrian AS with some very curious gashes on Hadrian's face.
By the patina formed over the shizeled areas, it seems like this was made in antiquity.
What happened here? Someone angry at Hadrian? He was one of the 5 Good Emperors after all, so what gives?

 

Damnatio memoriae..!

11 minutes ago, GordianAppreciator101 said:

If 100% authentic Roman that's an adorable gift for a History enthusiast.

They are quite large and heavy..mostly over 35-45 cm, and some weight over 12 kg..

I only collect whole Roman bricks with animal paw prints, but, gift is a gift!

One of my bricks-

I received as a gift a part of Roman brick with, probably, a dog's paw print..

17cmX15cm