A Claudius II Gothicus that fits your description (IOVI STATORI) but not the coin (IOVI VICTORI). [ATTACH] Next : Jupiter Stator
You are right. But the T. Quinctius Flamininus aurei were not Roman coins. They were Greek coins and the proconsul's name was not on the same side...
I don't know if there has been a special study of the whole EID MAR emission, in silver and gold. You say there are 85 known but the PAS site says...
Greece is not claiming the wonderful coins of Syracuse, though they are typical Greek coins and not Roman ones. This aureus is historically...
Some good reading about ancient coins found in America:
Historians are pretty confident this aureus (and the similar silver denarii) was minted for Brutus and Cassius' army, which was concentrated near...
I think the Sulla denarius is the first Roman coin ever to show the image of a living person. On the reverse one can see Sulla crowned by Victory...
This is a clear picture of Artemis Pergaia cult image, from the theatre of Perge : [ATTACH] (Photo Sonia Halliday)
Trapezopolis... in Greek "the Table City". It was in Caria, now South-West Turkey. It was a Greek city with its citizens, its institutions, its...
When you have only a limited budget it is possible to create a much eye-pleasing collection of Roman coins by focusing on common coins, very...
Sorry, the pic is too blurry. It is possible to take sharp and focused pictures, even with an ordinary smartphone.
[ATTACH] Gordian III, sestertius, Rome 238/9 Obv.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev.: PROVIDENTIA AVG /...
[ATTACH] Already posted, but I like this portrait...
Yes, why not? They should at least publish a high res photo of this coin. For the moment nobody can make hypotheses from this blurry pic of a coin...
When Postumus seized power in 260 and started minting coins in Cologne and Trier, he immediately introduced a new type of imperial portrait. Since...
[ATTACH] This is a denarius of Titus (marked with some banker stamp). What could I buy with it, back then? Under Titus 1 aureus = 25 denarii =...
[ATTACH] Justin I: Follis (Nicomedia) Half-follis (Antioch) Pentanummion (Antioch). Probably the last coin with the Tyche of Antioch on the...
Congratulations! I always wished I had such a cabinet.
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Ephesus, AE 35 Obv.: Τ ΑΙΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r. rev.: ƐΦƐϹΙΩΝ / ΔΙϹ ΝƐΟΚΟΡΩΝ, temple...
If you want to figure what 500,000 aurei could mean, let's do some maths c. AD 244, the Gordian III aureus was an average 5 g gold coin. 500,000...
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