Hadrian The Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD) enjoyed visiting provinces of the Empire, spending more than half of his time outside of Italy. In...
Here are two of the "year 3" prutot: [ATTACH] [IMG] Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah. Year 3 (68-69 AD). Amphora with broad rim, two handles,...
@Spaniard, I like the way you highlighted the Paleo-Hebrew script on the "year 2 coin" of the First Jewish-Roman War. My favorite "year 2" coin...
Nice coin and description, @David Atherton! Here's another coin that was contemporaneous with the 73/4 AD fall of Masada- this one with an...
You can't see much on this worn sestertius of Tiberius, except for the very clear NCAPR countermark- but the countermark is the primary reason I...
Nice coins! @bcuda, that must have been very exciting to be the one to discover so many great artifacts! Here are two prutot of a later...
Nice coins! Here's a silver and two bronzes of Demetrios I Soter, who was depicted on the OP coin featured in @Only a Poor Old Man's interesting...
Nice topic on ancient scripts, @Dajo, and good posts above of various languages! @Gil-galad, the Ancient Coin Visual Keyboard looks like a useful...
Very nice example, @Steelers72! [ATTACH] Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius. Rome mint.
Interesting write-up on Cappadocia and the metallurgical analysis, @Sulla80! Nike's celebrating the triumph over Judaea on this denarius of...
Nice coin! Here's the Megas further up the Greek tree: [ATTACH] Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tarsos, circa 327-323 BC. Head of...
[IMG] Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.36 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius...
Great architectural details on those coins, @Ancient Aussie! Very attractive reverses with the towers. [IMG] AE Follis 2.80g. 19mm. 328-329...
Nice write-up, @Magnus Maximus! The persecution of the Jews by Antiochus IV, who regarded himself as Zeus, and thus took the name Theos Epiphanes...
Great upgrade, @furryfrog02- I like that dark blue-green color! Three different looks posted here with your's and @Alegandron's olive-gold one...
Nice peacocks! This eagle, with a height almost filling the 25 mm diameter reverse, is probably the biggest bird in my collection: [ATTACH]...
Nice Zeus Coins[ATTACH] Wide variety of examples being posted! [ATTACH] Bithynia, Dia, c. 85-65 BC. Æ (20mm, 8.37g, 12h). Struck under...
@seth77, I agree that Judaean coinage is very interesting; and some, like myself, acquire them due to their Biblical connections. As @cmezner...
Here are two reverses with tetrastyle temples- one dedicated to Augustus at Caesarea Philippi, and the other to Athena at Ephesus: [ATTACH]...
Nice portraits! I also like the realism of Hellenistic art. Here are two of my favorite examples, also from Seleucid coinage (drachms in this...
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