I am almost the only one to post in this tread I myself started but I like that too mutch. Please excuse me. There was another extremely...
Hey, that was not Antoninus Pius' family. Yes of course, Caracalla was officially renamed Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, and the poor Plautilla...
[ATTACH] Philip I (244-249), 8 assaria coin, Samosata. Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ CЄΒ, laureate draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev.: ΦΛ...
[ATTACH] Flavia Helena (AKA saint Helena, mother of Constantine), Cyzicus, AD 324/5. Obv.: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena...
I had not noticed a Sea Shanty was a requirement [ATTACH] Antiochus IV Epiphanes, AE denomination B (double), Tyre, 174 BC Obv.: Diademed head...
Wait a minute... I just found there was already a thread on coins in art, started in January AD 2019 by @willieboyd2 . Another member, @spirityoda...
Roman coins of the 1st c. AD as the Romans could see them : [ATTACH] Pompeii, house of Julia Felix. Left : a pile of denarii and aurei Middle :...
The guy collected just one coin?
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Two AE coins of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia (Arabic Ras al-'ayn, Kurdish Serê Kaniyê) minted under Caracalla. Reverses : LEG III / P...
[ATTACH] Byblos (Jebail, Lebanon) - 1/8 shekel of Adramelek (IVth C. BC), AR 8-10 mm Obv.: galley sailing left with two hoplites on board,...
Interesting collection... The Holy Grail of such a collection would be this unique gold coin of Shapur I. It is presently in the Elaziğ Museum of...
There are many ancient coins showing sea related images I like this hellenistic bronze coin of Arados. It was a typical Phoenician city on a tiny...
Last Sunday I was visting a museum and I saw this picture : [ATTACH] The Vocation of Saint Matthew, by Hendrick Ter Brugghen, c. 1620. He was a...
probably RIC III Antoninus Pius 119
Probably RIC III Antoninus Pius 119
My opinion is you should not clean it at all. If cleaned, it will just be another AE radiate. But as it is, you can see on the reverse the very...
I think the opposite. Would you say drugs production and trafficking is OK because it helps poor people feeding their families? Sounds anarchist...
Not sure there is an Aramaic letter behind Antiochus' neck. It could be just a lock of hair. Look at this Alexander Zabinas tetradrachm: he has a...
Nice antoninianus, but what do you think about the sestertius? The laurel wreath and the name AEMILIANV seem much tooled. Are you sure it was a...
[ATTACH] Another one with Sol on the reverse.
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