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Indo-Greek Silver Drachm of Antimachos II Nikephoros (minted sometime between 174 and 165 BCE):

 

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Roman Empire Silver Antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus (minted in Rome in either 250 or 251):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Faustina the Younger (minted in Rome sometime between 161 and 175):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Domitian (minted in Rome in 87):

 

Roman Empire Silver Cistophorus of Trajan (minted in Ephesus in 98):

 

Well I ran up on one I didn't say no to. That's happening too much lately, lol. I just got this, haven't researched anything about it, yet.
Caligula, 37-41 AD Bronze As, Bare Head left, Vesta seated left.

 

Seleukid Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochos IV Epiphanes (minted in Antioch on the Orontes sometime between 168 and 164 BCE):

 

Phoenician Silver Stater (minted in Arados sometime between 380 and 350 BCE):

 

Nicely struck Gallienus base tetradrachm of Roman Egypt, from the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak collection, ex Schulman 6/17/1958, pedigree to the Col. James W. Curtis Collection and the illustrated plate coin in his reference work The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt.

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EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA
Time of Gallienus, sole reign
AE Tetradrachm (22.9mm, 9.81g, 12h) Struck AD 265/6
Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right, seen from behind
Reverse: Eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak; palm behind; L-ΙΓ (date; year 13) across fields
References: RPC X (Online) 75534; Dattari (Savio) 5288; Curtis 1585 (this coin.)
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions, 6/5/1991 (Auction XV, lot 419). Ex Hans Schulman, 6/17/1958 (Lot 519, part). From the Col. James W. Curtis Collection.
Dark green-brown patina, well struck, good detail, bold portrait. This coin is the illustrated plate coin in Col. James W. Curtis’ reference catalog The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt.​

 

This coin marks the start of my Five Good Emperors suite.
Trajan. Provincial Arabia Petraea, c. AD 112-114. Bostra (?) mint.

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Domitian (minted in Rome in either 93 or 94):

 

Ptolemaic Silver Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter (minted in Alexandria sometime between 306 and 300 BCE):

 

My first coin was also a Gordian III given to me when I was 16 by someone I realized much later was interested in much more than giving me a coin - I was pretty innocent in those days. The irony is I still have it, and years later brought it to a coin show I went with my sons, found out it was authentic - I never suspected - and from then on the hobby got me and I never looked back.