are you certain this symbol on a Vahram V bronze coin is a schematic Faravahar? It could be a Persian heraldic symbol attested as early as the...
Are you sure you can read "FL DELMA-TIVS NOB C"?
Vologases III (110-147 AD), dirham, Ecbatana mint (Hamadan, Iran). [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Augustus - as Obv.: CAESAR AV[G. PONT. MAX. T]RIBVNIC. POTEST., bare head right. Rev.: L. SVRDINVS [III VIR] A.A.A.F.F. around large SC....
[ATTACH] Laodicea (Lattaqieh, Syria) - Antoninus Pius, AE 24 mm Obv.: Illegible legend mostly out of flan , laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right...
U for Unpublished [ATTACH] AE 26 mm, 7.40 g Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM, counter-clockwise! laureate head right Rev.: eagle on globe, S C....
[ATTACH] T for Trajan...
[ATTACH] Tarsus, Severus Alexander. AE 38 mm, 27.84 g. Next : a very small Roman provincial
Even if the coins are actually ancient imitations of Roman coins (of the Republic, of Gordian III and Philip I/II) it is not even sure there was...
[ATTACH] Nabataean coin... It's king Rabbel II and queen Gamilat, it's written on reverse : ربعل / جملت between two crossed cornucopiae.
[ATTACH] Macrinus (217-218), tetradrachm from Hierapolis (Mambij, Syria) and [ATTACH] Marcianus (450-457), AE4 of Constantinople
sorry, at 1st sight, all fakes...
[ATTACH] Tiberius (AD 14-37), bronze coin of Antioch. It's from Syria but it's Roman ! Next : Tiberius again
[ATTACH] L for Liberalitas (Sestertius of Philip II)
I had not seen this thread before. I'm late but I can post a few Antioch coins... Where is the pile? Trajan? Let's go ! [ATTACH] Pompeian era...
[ATTACH] Magnentius - double centenionalis (AE 26 mm) of Lugdunum Obv.: D.N. MAGNENTIVS P.F. AVG, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev.: SALVS DD.NN....
Trajan's Forum (95 x 116 m, surrounded by the monumental entrance, the Basilica Ulpia and two side porticoes) was indeed the most awe inspiring...
J is an easy letter for an ancient and medieval coin alphabet game. Much easier than W when we shall get there... What will I post? [ATTACH]...
When a student I bought some day in the Near East a similar Sabina denarius, but much more worn by circulation... [ATTACH] What I liked in this...
[ATTACH] I for Italica (Santiponce near Seville, Spain), semis of Drusus Jr. minted AD 19-23 Obv.: [DRVSV]S CAESAR TI. [AVG. F.] , bare head of...
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