Another interesting article, @Jochen1 - also, as usual, well-researched and illustrated! Congratulations on the acquisition of that very rare...
Thank you, @Darius590! I will update the attribution in my records and above. I appreciate your sharing of this information.
This lion is winding up his right paw for a counter attack: [IMG] PHOENICIA, Sidon. Tennes. Circa 351-347 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (10 mm, 0.72g)....
Here's the long-necked emperor with Agrippina the Younger, his final wife: [IMG] Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm,...
Nice labrys/trident combo, @Ryro! Here's a double-axe on a Roman Provincial from the time of Tiberius. [ATTACH] PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum...
@Robichari, my first choice would be one of the two on the bottom row. Bottom right has a better observe, but I prefer the bottom left one...
Maybe this is a "Burrowing Owl" :) [ATTACH]
Putting another stone on the pile: [ATTACH] Syria. Seleucia, Seleucis and Pieria. Trajan (98-117 AD). AE (25 mm,13.17 gm, 12h). Circa 114-116...
Nice garlanded altar (or sacellum), @David Atherton! Quite a variety of altars posted here so far, and, as @GinoLR pointed out, they came in many...
Don't bite into it- you might chip a tooth! [IMG] Constantine I. AE Follis. 2.80g. 19mm. 328-329 A.D. Nicomedia Mint. Pearl-diademed head right,...
Welcome to collecting ancients - nice early coin with which to begin! [IMG]
Very nice coin and photo, @ValientKnight! The coin is well-lit and the image is sharp. I hope to gain some better skills in photographing coins...
Nice pick-up, @TheNickelGuy. You can see the flan extension from the mold on one side of your coin also. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Bronze prutah of...
Nice examples - here's a fourth color: [IMG] Roman Imperial. Commemorative Series. 330-354 AD. Æ Follis (15mm, 1.29 g, 12h). Arelate (Arles)...
Congratulations on having both the full and half shekels in your collections, @1934 Wreath Crown (nice addition from Roma today) and @Jay GT4! I...
So sorry to hear this news. Here's Victory inscribing a shield- praying you'll be able to write of a victorious recovery! [ATTACH]
Here, on the reverse, is the accused poisoner of the one on the obverse: [ATTACH] Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm,...
Nice coin, @David Atherton! The lush region of Caesarea Philippi/Paneas/Banias is certainly one of my favorites in Israel, and I enjoyed walking...
Informative article, @GinoLR! Here's a tetradrachm of Augustus with Tyche and Orontes, and a link to an associated write-up:...
I like the shield and the portrait on that coin, @David Atherton. The shield has some similarity to the one on this coin of Herod the Great....
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