Tetrastyle temple with an arched pediment? It HAS to be the same temple! Very cool!!!
I have a Perseus around here somewhere ... I bought it because it's got a cool harpa on the reverse: [IMG] Perseus, 179-168 BC Greek AE 14.8 mm;...
Yes! Had it not been for all that hanging out at the mall in the 70s and 80s, I would have never become the flâneur I am today.
It's a video game token from an arcade chain known as Aladdin's Castle. I once held the high score on Donkey Kong there. Must have been about...
This town is on the list, but no CT member owned one ... until now. The city issued coins in the early Antoninine period (Antoninus Pius, Faustina...
Banduri, writing in 1718, states that "Magnia Urbica, who appears to be the wife of Carus Augustus, is known only through coins." (Magnia Urbica...
My only coin of the imperial couple is this one from Nicomedia. [IMG] Justin II and wife Sophia, AD 565-578. Byzantine Æ follis, 31.2 mm, 14.52...
Lovely patina on that one, @GregH! Here's my very pedestrian specimen. [IMG] Germanicus, 15 BC - AD 19. Roman Æ as, 11.18 g, 27.5 mm, 7 h. Rome,...
Wow, @Shea19, that's stunning! I like the long-necked, Aurelian-like portrait. The detail on the cuirass is amazing! Here's my most photogenic...
Oh, you should! But why stop at only one? ;)
My wife's not a collector but will occasionally nod and comment when I show her a coin. This is the closest she has come to calling a coin...
One important aspect of Roman religion, particularly for the imperial family, was the concept of consecration, the process by which a deceased...
I have noticed that many of these sestertii -- such as @dougsmit's example above and @octavius' example here -- have red encrustations on them....
Nice one, @David Atherton! It's always fun to pick up coins at a bargain price. This one cost less than two movie tickets, popcorn and Pepsi....
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