[IMG] Seleukid Kings, Demetrios II (First reign, 146-138 BC). Æ Antioch on the Orontes, c. 146-145 BC. O/ Laureate head of Zeus r. R/ Apollo...
Ahem, [IMG]
The OP's coin is money!:woot: I got this one a short while back among a random lot of four coins on eBay. [IMG] Crispina Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ...
I just recently acquired a few similar to your type (portraying Zeus) minted in Amisos(modern day Samsun, Turkey). Neat coins. Here's one......
Took the words out of my mouth. Thinking exact same sentiment.
Is a MS (surface)2/5 even possible? Nice coin btw, OP.
The figure on the reverse of the first coin in this thread appears to be Hilaritas, but of course the legend doesn't jive.
I believe that your Seulucid AE obverse may show cornucopia. This could make the obverse -- Alexander II Zabinas(radiate), Antiochos...
'Appealing' is in the eye of the beholder. As such, I find the old-collection tone and sharp portrait of Trajan on this denarius appealing to my...
In the middle of 268, Postumus finally debased his coinage and thereafter the Gallic coinage consisted of a poor billon with a silver-coated...
An RPC-SEARCH brings up these(also not the same magistrate as yours)....
I would expect the OBV legend to read as TIBEPIOΣ if it were Tiberius. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ logically leads me to believe it to be Augustus. DISCLAIMER:...
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I believe so, considering the spacing of the lettering after the X. The (first) 'I' and the 'M' are kind of blotchy, but then I see a distinct...
Bear with me, as I'm fairly new to this. Please(OP or others) let me know if I have this correct. This is: Galerius Maximianus [IMG]...
[ATTACH] Hunter/Gatherer societies >>> Agrarian societies. Stone Age >>> Bronze Age We to this day still measure in 'grains'. [IMG]
We might not ever had this: [IMG]
I have one similar in appearance to yours. I wonder if they're related to each other. [IMG] I found a solution for (b)s looking like (I)s....
I'm loathe to come in here and muddy up this thread (that is displaying such beautiful coins) with a ruddy bronze of my own. Yet, it is a...
I also ran to check, as I remember "Salus feeding a snake" while recently attempting to fully attribute some newly acquired coins. Alas......
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