Various interesting coins. I was wondering if my coin was struck at Petra, Bostra or Cappadocia, so that I could look for the proper attribution.
I weighed this bronze coin before soaking it in distilled water. That's 22.42 g. I remember having a nearly similar one, in form of a silver...
My favorite is Tiberius. I like this early Roman Emperor, one of the 12 Caesars. Best wishes for happy holidays and promising new year. Cheers.
Frohe Weihnachten. Karl
Joy and hope to all my coin-friends. Merry Christmas.
I'd like to have a "Fox Coin" in my collection, because I don't have it. Congrats..
I don't know how to express my thanks to all of your good selves, for your kind assistance and interest which are much more precious to me than a...
The obverse of this Greek silver Tet reads SEBASTOS in Greek. Reverse has standing eagle. I can't read the name of the Emperor on the obverse....
I don't know why Number 2 appealed mostly to me. Hap. Happy Byzantines. Cheers.
Congrats @ancientone . That's it. The deity is the Phoenician goddess of love "ASTARTE". The coin was struck in Berytus under Gordian III. Notice...
Wise picker. I chose number one of Constantius II. I think I have a nearly similar one, and would like to know what kind of striking error was...
Original coins indeed.. Venus is most exciting. Cheers...
Venus, Roma and Vesta.. What a good idea to collect Coins of Temples. Cheers..
I mostly liked the silver denarius with the scale and the big terrifying snake. The collection of the weights is also awesome. Congrats.. Keep going,
The left field of reverse starts reading COL . It's in Latin not Greek. Could that help as a clue. More and more I tend now to the possibility of...
The following billon reveals both Carinus and Carus, with Victory between them. It was struck in Antioch. RIC 206 B. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Valentinian . Are you sure that your coin of Philip I above has the same reverse of the OP coin. Here's a coin like yours of Philip I above, but...
Denarius of Augustus, and Aureus of Honorius. Merry greetings and lucky wishes RC.
On photo and at hand, even with naked eyes, I can clearly detect the eyes and the nose of the goddess. Could it had been worshiped in Mesopotamia ?
The deity, within temple, on reverse of this Roman coin looks strange to me. I feel the coin is provincial but cannot identify the mint, deity nor...
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