My favorite Hadrian Imperials: My only two from the Travel Series (Aegyptos and Roma/Adventus): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Annona (Modius with grain...
Here's the Hersh 1976 corpus entry for @red_spork's example: [ATTACH] Note that Hersh describes the obverse control symbol as a heron, whereas...
My own thread from March of this year, primarily about my denarius of C. Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi (but posting as well my denarius of his...
Fox? Don't be silly. Obviously her favorite animal was the hippopotamus. [ATTACH]
Thank you!
The coin arrived yesterday (it took about 10 days to reach me from the UK). Here is my own photo, which I think looks a bit more like the coin in...
Any change in the presumed date of my "H" example?
Macrinus Augustus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria]...
Isn't there a theory that there were coins issued during the lifetimes of Marius and/or Sulla with reverse figures (admittedly, not portraits)...
The Pompey was minted after his death, by his son, Sextus Pompey. Edited to add: Sorry; I didn't see that others already pointed this out. I...
Roman Republic, C. Mamilius Limetanus, AR Serrate Denarius, 82 BCE Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus with two wings,...
All of a sudden we have all these threads about solidi and other gold coins -- four different threads on the front page of the ancients forum...
Beautiful!
Trajan, AE Drachm, Year 15 (111/112 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ...
The only Tudor coin I still have is this Elizabeth I sixpence: England, Elizabeth I, AR Sixpence 1582. Obv. Crowned Bust left, Tudor Rose behind,...
Very nice, as is the Philippus you posted. I agree with @TIF that the first two of those you showed aren't obverse die matches. And even if they...
Caligula, AE As, 37-38 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head left, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT/ Rev. Vesta seated left, holding patera and...
I'm pretty sure that the solidus was known for retaining its purity, and its weight of 1/72 of a pound, for hundreds of years. Hence its...
I know I asked this before, but does anyone have a Theodosius I solidus, or know why they're apparently so scarce compared to those of his sons?
I can't say that any of those coins look terribly appetizing.
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