These astrological series is fascinating. I cannot contribute with any of them, but here are my two favourite Roman Alexandrian coins : [ATTACH]...
Propaganda, you said? [ATTACH] Trajan, sestertius, 33 mm, 20.96 g. Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P,...
And their 1 Franc coin types have never changed since 1875 ! [ATTACH] which makes collecting Swiss coins one of the most boring hobbies one can...
Very true ! Switzerland is a relatively small country but there have 4 languages : German (well... some dialect of their own they dare to call...
On the war memorial of my village there are 26 names for WW1. The whole village population in 1911 was 330.
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Do you think the date range is 211-217? I would narrow it to 211-212. JD is "Mat(er) Augg" with 2 G: Geta is still alive.
[ATTACH] Mint of Rome : Sacra Mon(eta) Urb(is) Augg. et Caess. NN. Next : a fully silvered tetrarchic follis.
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You can sing "if I had a hammer" with this... [ATTACH] Hadrian, as (AE 24 mm, 7.20 g). Rome mint, for Syria. Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, draped and...
[ATTACH] Here is another antoninianus of Caracalla. This one of 215 AD I think, when the imperial couple (the emperor and his mother) were in...
For Aurelian we have Historia Augusta, Divus Aurelianus chapter 6: it says that Aurelian, when a simple tribune, was nicknamed "manu ad ferrum"....
In the Roman army soldiers and commanders had satirical nicknames, and emperors accepted this in order to be seen as good comrades. We can read in...
Yes, this Plautilla for example. I have one with another hairstyle : [ATTACH] and also her terrible mother in law : [ATTACH]
I like this coin very much but unfortunately you were 3 minutes too late! What is this coin and what is that latin motto? I remember I have seen...
[ATTACH] Arados, tetrobol, 4th c. BC Yes, I know the marine deity on obverse is holding dolphins, and that dolphins are mammals, not fish. But in...
Nice ! If you like the Severians, you can expand the family gathering with all the ladies : Julia Domna, Plautilla, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias,...
One has to be very cautious when drawing conclusions from the number of coin finds. In the 5th c. imperial mints produced much less coins than in...
[ATTACH] Singara (Sinjar, Northern Iraq) - Gordian III and Tranquillina, AE 27-30 mm, thick 4.5 mm, 23.36 g AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB...
I couldn't myself find an exact match, even in RIC online ! It does not look like an imitation. Maybe it is a rare variety?
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