Oh, if only I could get Martin to have this attitude, then I could collect Severans again! Doug, I seemed to be the only one to care to offer a...
Doug, I am pretty sure others don't like me collecting Eastern Hadrians either. Grin. As and when I decide to part with them I know who is going...
The last coin is distinctive and believed to be from Antioch. The other eartern mints are unknown, possibly a travelling mint. Their styles are...
I thought I would post this just as a reminder to people. When buying ancients don't blindly trust the seller, they also make mistakes, Know your...
PEPT lovely PEPT.
Alexandrian Follis and Half-Follis:- [IMG] [IMG] Rome [IMG] Max Herc from Cyzicus [IMG]
Nice. Better than mine! [IMG]
A more typical scowler.. Caracalla Antoninianus Obv:– ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TR P XX COS...
Also look out for the young busts seen from the front rather then the rear. Caracalla Denarius Obv:– M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, draped and cuirassed...
I have always had a soft spot for these. Yours is lovely. Caracalla Antoninianus Obv:– ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, cuirassed bust right,...
I bought this tiny AE4 because it looked to be an imitative of Valentinian in good style. Opinions? It is a SALVS REIPBLICAE type but try as I...
Amongst my recent purchases are some eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. Here are my first two (the third is still en-route from Switzerland)...
I have finally tracked down my own Galley type. Bastien dates this type to being issued between the usurpation by Magnentius on 18th January A.D....
Another new purchase. On May 1st, A.D. 305 Diocletian abdicated after 20 years as emperor. These abdication types celebrate him in his retirement...
Some absolutely fabulous coins here folks. I haven't been around here for a couple of weeks and am just catching up and it seems that I have...
My first ancient which was bought for entirely egocentric reasons. When your name is Martin and your are named after the Roman god of war what...
I have a few eagles. You can't have too many Ptolemaic eagles in an eagle thread. Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Silver Tetradrachm...
I think that we can be more categorical in asserting that it is fake. It looks like a cast (or even a cast of a cast) of a known fake produced by...
My only Julia Paula. [IMG]
My only Sinope Sinope, Paphlagonia, Silver Drachm Obv:- Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace Rev:-...
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