My Honorius solidus (RIC X 1287): [ATTACH]
Well, that certainly took long enough! He was doing this for 40 years, and everybody even vaguely interested in antiquities -- except, it seems,...
Nero, AE As, 65 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, [NER]O CAESAR • AVG • GERM IMP / Rev. Temple of Janus with closed double doors on right,...
Here are Galba, Vitellius, and Vespasian. No Otho yet, although of course I want one. I've been tempted by some Otho Provincials which aren't...
I think you meant, @rooman9!
I have nothing comparable to the wonderfully tiny coins some of you have posted, but here are my two smallest ancient coins: Mysia, Kyzikos, AR...
Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 19 (134/135 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, slight drapery; ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Τ[ΡΑΙΑΝ] - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ...
Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (127/128 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ...
That's an absolutely fantastic coin, @Alegandron! My examples of the dynamic duo are both denarii rather than antoninianii, both with the same...
I just remembered that I do actually also have two coins relevant to the Colosseum: Titus (son of Vespasian) AR Denarius 80 AD, Rome Mint. Obv....
Only four years ago? Strange that I don't remember reading about it at the time.
I have no coins depicting the Colosseum (big surprise, right?), but here's a photo I took when I was in Rome in July 2008. That's my son in the...
Mine is very similar as well (with the one difference I mentioned), although I don't know if those similarities imply familiarity with that...
I'm afraid I don't have much to show here. I would love to have more Imperial denarii and other coins of Augustus (including some from when he was...
@galba68 finds his treasures east of the sun and west of the moon.
I meant that the type/city may be the earliest, not your specific coin. So far, that seems to be the case .
You may win the prize. I would be surprised if anyone comes up with an earlier example.
Greek is all Greek to me, but is POΔION [RODION] on coins of Rhodes in the genitive case? My oldest coin with that legend is an AR didrachm dating...
Great coins, @TIF. There are at least three types that really need to go on the "must have" list I keep in my head: the type with two facing...
That second owl is so ugly! Why would anyone even want it, with hundreds of much nicer ones available every day at a fraction of the cost?
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