I plead guilty. Here are a couple of my favorite provincials [ATTACH] Gordian III Æ33 of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS...
@Silphium Addict - thank you for the info - most interesting. I will ask Ibercoin if they have any more provenance info.
At the recent auction of the Turiaso collection, I picked up a few coins of which the most interesting is this one. [ATTACH] Auctioneer's...
@Ancient Aussie - a fine addition and interesting write up. I wonder why this does not come in the form of a sestertius. Here is mine [ATTACH]
@Michael Stolt - a lovely example. It took me some time to find mine, but it is less pleasing than yours. [ATTACH]
One of my favorite types
My only Domitia [ATTACH] Æ22 of Cadi, Phrygia. AD 70-83. ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust right ΚΑΔΟ-ΗΝΩΝ, filleted cult statue in the style of...
[ATTACH] This was a budget buy as "Unknown Greek obol 4th century B.C. The (I assume) double strike on the reverse appealed to me Anyone else...
Thank you for the info - I will update my file I go with the Gallic look theory - I have conviced myself that Laelian looks a little more...
By 269, Postumus had successfully maintained his breakaway Gallic Empire for 9 years. Laelian's rebellion against him in the spring of 269 was...
Here is mine [ATTACH] and another where Trajan is again on a high platform [ATTACH] Description Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-117. IMP...
@MarcusAntonius - lovely coin. I finally managed to get one last year [ATTACH] Roman Provincial, Coele-Syria, Chalcis ad Libanum, M. Antonius and...
I would go for a lioness - here is mine [ATTACH] The theme, I suggest, is the usual advertisement for bread and circuses. As for secondary...
I suspect most portraits of Galba give him too much hair [ATTACH] Galba Æ As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69. IM SER SVL GAL [CA]E,...
@ancient coin hunter - interesting article. I have a couple of left facing portraits. Firstly : [ATTACH] GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and...
@Iepto and @Dwarf - thank you both for your help. I bought it from an obscure new auction house which obviously doesn't do much research...
Can anyone help identify this ? [ATTACH] Greek Obol ? Weight: 0,4 gram Diameter: 9,7 mm
@DonnaML - thank you for all this. I favour the Aeneas interpretation like most of us. Do scholars sometimes have an unconscious bias in favour of...
Brockages can be rather alluring - I could not resist this one [ATTACH] C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. Denarius 90, AR 18mm., 4.07g. PANSA Laureate head...
I have several coins from the Stancomb collection. It seems he decided to collect a relatively neglected area (at the time he started his...
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