Again I didn't get here in time for most of my favorites but... Dying at age one, Dharmasoka is the least common of the more common Lankan kings. I don't know if the others just didn't issue coins or if they are so rare that we don't see them. His coins carry a slight premium and are easy to recognize by the right character in the second row just below and right of the elbow. ..and who will show their Dyrantilla?
On the theory that Julia Domna might be shown under more than one letter, I'll suggest this is the place to show two coins where she is not called Julia on the coin. The legend reads Thea Domna which brings up the possibility that they are posthumous but I do not know if this is considered accurate. Considering how rare Diva Domna coins are, I find it hard to believe I would have two Provincials of that genre. Both are Nicopolis ad Istrum. The portrait styles and reverses strike me as earlier than appropriate for her death coins so I'd say the Thea is just an honorific.
FCOL people! These are insane pieces being posted here, keep up the good work. Too bad I got here late, almost got my Carus in.
Demetrius I Trichalkon with ELEPHANT 200-185 BC Diameter: 29.5 mm Weight: 12.61 grams Bactrian Kings, Demetrius I, bronze Attic trichalkon of: Obverse: Head of elephant with bell hanging from neck Reverse: Caduceus. Reference: Bopearachchi-16, Mitchiner-1086, SNG ANS 209 Other: Lovely brown and green patina, great example
Demetrios I Serratus AE17 162 - 150 BC Diameter: 16.5mm Weight: 4.41 grams Obverse: Horse Reverse: Elephant Reference: SNG Spaer 1299 Other: AEF/EF A fantastic well struck and centered specimen with a wonderful desert patina
Domitian AR Denarius 88 AD Diameter: 19.2 mm Weight: 3.2 grams Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII - Laureate head right Reverse: IMP XIIII COSXIIII CENS P P P - Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, shield at feet Reference: RIC 109 Other: Good style, details and toning
Julia Domna. Augusta, AR Antoninianus Rome mint AD 193-217 Struck under Caracalla AD 215-217 Diameter: 23 mm Weight: 5.76 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent Reverse: LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, with fold of drapery floating around and above head, driving biga of horses left Reference: RIC IV 379a (Caracalla); RSC 106a Other: 1h … VF
Diadumenian, AE19 Antioch, Syria 217-218 AD Diameter: 19.4 mm Weight: 3.2 grams Obverse: KAI O DIA ANTWNINOS, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Large SC within wreath, star over delta-epsilon above, eagle below Reference: ANT18; MacAlee 754; Hunter 247; BMC 412