One thing is clear and undisputed: this coin was not minted by professional Roman coin minters. It is a gross imitation of a Roman aureus....
[ATTACH]Gallienus, AE antoninianus, Rome 267/8 Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Rev.: SOLI CONS AVG / A, Pegasus jumping right Next up:...
[ATTACH] This one from Israel
Yes it was. After all, Antioch has been the capital of the Near-East (capital of the Seleucid Kingdom, after this of the Roman Province of Syria)...
I think it is because of the Z : 7th officina. In the late 3rd c. only Antioch had so many officinas numbered in Greek.
[ATTACH] Another patinated antoninianus with the Pannoniae...
This reminds me the powerful verses of Sophocles in Trachiniae, lines 518-522. The Choir is telling the fight between Herakles and Acheloos :...
A very good specimen of beautiful classical style. The flowing haired river-god is one of the nicest I have seen on this kind of coin... :woot:
[ATTACH] Galba, dupondius... Uncleanable, but nice portrait. On this one he is not bald, he just adopted the military hairstyle, which became...
... and also to this one seen on Vcoins[ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Nero, semis, Rome 62-68 Obv.: NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER P M TR P IM: head of Nero, laureate, right Rev.: CERTA QVINQ ROM CO / S / S C: table...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, sestertius, Rome AD 153/4. Obv.: ANTONINVS AV-G PIVS P P TR P XVII, bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, slight drapery on...
Very interesting coins, indeed... Nonnos locating this myth in Arabia may also be due to the fact that Dionysos and Lycurgus are the Greek names...
Nice coin! I think the technical term is "scyphate".
Nice Trajan Arabia drachm. This coin was not minted in Bostra (today Busra, in South Syria). These silver "Arabia drachms", minted only under...
Gordian III coins are common. Gordian II coins are extremely rare.
I think your DSC_0009 and 0010.jpg coin is a follis of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine (610-641) from Constantinople. The other Byzantine is...
in this hoard there are also many early 4th c. Attic owls, which can be called "Lentini types". They are the earliest issues with Athena's eye...
Thank you for the info about Buttrey-types recently on ebay. I had not noticed them (so many owls, on ebay !!!). The hoard I'm currently working...
Just saw this in my news feed : A hoard of medieval silver coins has been found in 2021 in Dunscore, Scotland, by a metal detectorist. He...
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