Gallienus and Salonina had two sons depicted on coinage -- Valerian II and Saloninus. Let's see your coins of these two boys! The year their...
Hoards from Britain reveal Julia Domna's most common reverse types minted between AD 196 and 211 were VENVS FELIX, PIETAS PVBLICA, and VESTA...
A new purchase from Frank's latest auction -- an as of Herennia Etruscilla, the wife of Trajan Decius. During her tenure as empress, she was the...
It's not the best-looking coin. Sure, its emerald patina is pleasing, but its surfaces are somewhat rough and the coin grades aVF/F at best. I...
A new purchase. This one was formerly attributed to Emesa, but the exact location of the eastern mint has been called into question, and the...
I like these dual-portrait coins from Marcianopolis and this is a new purchase. I have been able to find only two other examples of this coin...
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I won three lots at Frank Robinson's latest! I'll post 'em when I get 'em!
Aeternitas was the Roman personification of eternity and stability. As such, she is often depicted with the immortal phoenix as an attribute, as...
I love the empress's Mona-Lisa-style smile on this denarius. Do you have any coins depicting someone smiling? [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235....
The coins of Lucilla have two varieties of obverse inscriptions: 1) Coins emphasizing that she is the daughter of Marcus Aurelius: LVCILLAE AVG...
A few modern logos that appear to have been influenced by ancient coin designs. Let's see other examples that you've noticed! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I saw zumbly's post about river god Rhinus looking like Krampus and I knew I had to acquire one of these SALVS PROVINCIARVM coins. Most of these...
Coins bearing the reverse inscriptions IVNO MARTIALIS or its dative form, IVNONI MARTIALI, appear only during the brief reigns of Trebonianus...
In the course of compiling a list of all Faustina I denarii from the posthumously issued AVGVSTA series, I have identified three coins listed in...
This post-abdication follis of Maximian Herculius has a bizarre flan flaw. The metal has been torn out on each side of the coin, leaving a pinhole...
[ATTACH] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC? 133-27 BC? Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with...
Hi -- Ancients collector here and have been out of the US coin scene for decades. I have a few commemorative halves from when I collected US...
... because all of our coins will be one year MORE ancient! :)
Looking through the Numophylacium Sulzerianum, a catalog of coins in the Sulzer collection and published in 1777, I noticed that coins of Lucilla...
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