I have given this one to another collector. [IMG] Next: It's a nice theme! Coin you have given away.
Nothing special, but another addition to my subcollection of CONSTANTINOPOLIS and VRBS ROMA commemoratives. It's in the mail, so here's the...
This one gives me social anxiety just looking at it!! [IMG]
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There are a lot of minor variations on these coins that have no known significance and are probably best understood as artistic license on the...
Lovely example, FF! And what a great deal! This a chance to show off this Florian ... [IMG] Florian, AD 276. Roman billon Aurelianus, 3.28 g,...
[IMG] Not just Friday! It's Faustina Friday! TGIFF, y'all!! Thanks to the work of Martin Beckmann,[1] we have been able to arrange the undated...
Here, Helena is wearing a band-like diadem decorated with what appears to be various jewels: [IMG] Helena, Augusta AD 324-329, issued under...
Here's an atrocious emperor that nobody has yet posted: [ATTACH]
You might figure this Gallienus antoninianus would feature one of the "zoo" types on its reverse, but it has Fecunditas!! [ATTACH] Next: Another...
Another Fides but with the legend BONI EVENTVS. [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-211. Roman AR Denarius, 2.52 g, 16.2 mm, 1 h. Uncertain eastern mint...
Cool, @David Atherton! This is the first issue for Faustina I, issued before Antoninus Pius had been given the title of Pater Patriae -- there is...
Illyria?? That's where Albania is! We're on Roman provincial coin from Hispania.
Fascinating coin. I once wrote an installment of Faustina Friday about coins of this city.
Different coiffure. [IMG] Lucilla, AD 161-182. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.10 g, 30.7 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 163-164. Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI...
My latest Caracalla is this cool provincial! [ATTACH] Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h. Thrace,...
Yes, that's the most click-baity headline ever, but the coin is interesting. Here's the story (with the aforementioned click-baity headline). [IMG]
My favorite is this one with Isis. [IMG] Claudius II Gothicus, AD 268-270. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.07 g, 22.4 mm, 5 h. Antioch, officina...
I don't have a strong opinion either way; after all, if Cohen, Mattingly, Sydenham, Szaivert and Sear can't agree among themselves, I certainly am...
That's very nice, but we're on "Aelia Eudocia."
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