Well, I have a few favorites, here are some of them. Antoninus Pius is a great choice. He spent his time building roads and aqueducts and keeping...
Okay, this is not a serious or scholarly work but it is one of the first works of "what ifs" on the great Sasanian - Byzantine conflict I read. It...
[ATTACH] From Nicomedia. Next: Roma or "the Senate" on a Roman Provincial coin. [ATTACH]
That's one of the best turreted crowns I've seen on Tyche.
@dougsmit I have also heard that Heron of Alexandria invented such a "vending machine". I think if you search for his name you should be able to...
I guess that is a reason to post my Ptolemy III obol from Tyre. It's not especially big but it's definitely "sell us your cedars or else" money....
To add to what @Pavlos said the closed monetary system where only Ptolemaic coins of a unique standard were allowed to circulate was a deliberate...
Dinero is the most obvious example to me. Still the standard Spanish word for money and also borrowed and widely used by English speakers. The...
I guess most here are familiar with the CONSERV VRB SVAE legend on coins of Maxentius, characterizing him as protector of the City of Rome and its...
Maxentius, defeated in battle and drowned in the Tiber. [ATTACH] @DonnaML Most of the two in a row natural death sequences after Marcus...
Inspired by @Marsyas Mike : [ATTACH] I don't know why the patinas are so unusual on so many of these late Alexandria coins. It makes me wonder...
[ATTACH] Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun al-Rashid. Dated 190 AH (805-806 CE). Silver dirham. 2.81g. Ma'din al-Shash mint. Cites al-Ma’mun ‘Abd...
Interesting to speculate about what would have happened if Basil II had married. On the one hand a spouse would have involved him in the court...
[ATTACH] Galerius. As Caesar. Minted circa 299-303 CE. AE Follis. 28.5mm, 10.51g. Carthage mint, fourth officina. Obverse: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES....
Gordian III denarius. Quite under-weight due to silver crystallization. [ATTACH]
My VRBS ROMA from the Constantinople mint: [ATTACH]
The lines between ancient and medieval coins are super blurry in many areas. And those blurry lines often make for really interesting coins....
I have posted mine several times but I don't mind posting it again. It is decidedly not MS but I like the test cut, it shows it was in...
[ATTACH] Roman Egypt. Nero. Dated regnal year 10, 63-64 CE. Billon tetradrachm. 25mm, 13.3g. Alexandria mint. Obverse: NEΡΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ....
Yeah, in my last comment I may have implied that the collector did something wrong, when we don't know that for sure, the collector could have...
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