Very nice! Here are a couple more Elagabalus denarii, one portraying him looking quite young and the other a bit older, with a beard. On the...
Not to mention the bull's whatever on the obverse. Maybe!
Sear's intro says that the revision includes information on new varieties and types, including those discovered by metal detectorists in the UK....
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Which forest does it miss?
Wow. I'm rich!
So three fishtail-based, two horse-based, and one dinosaur- based.
A bit too late, but a great coin nonetheless!
Roman Republic, T. Carisius, AR Denarius, 46 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Head of Sibyl (or Sphinx) right, her hair elaborately decorated with jewels and...
Correct -- and it's not part of the Gallienus "legionary animal" series either. Here's my example of a Gallienus lion from Antioch, not part of...
For reference purposes, from a thread last year, a list I compiled of the 32 different reverses in the Zoo Series, together with the name of the...
I say it's Cupid: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/...
I'm pretty sure that the genetic evidence shows that the admixture of other populations (including sub-Saharan peoples) with ancient Egyptians...
People can't visit Athens? Seriously?
Wonderful coins! On the issue of Plautilla's and Caracalla's child, see these two coins: Plautilla (wife of Caracalla; issued under Septimius...
How much are you charging for the image?
I've been assuming that something like this -- collecting "unique" digital images of photos of ancient coins (not the photos themselves, never...
Yes, I forgot to mention CNG as a good, free resource for past sales -- limited to their own auctions, of course -- going back almost 20 years....
I'm not sure I see the resemblance to Vespasian. They look kind of like a generic emperor to me, suggesting that the provincial mints really had...
I love Roman Alexandrian tets and drachmae and other coins, but not really so much for the Emperor portraits -- it's for the interesting reverses,...
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