[ATTACH] Thrace. Apollonia Pontica 450-350 BC. Drachm. Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. 15 mm. 2.84 g. Here's...
Thanks for the very informative write-up, @Al Kowsky! [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 113 = 14/13 BC. Laureate head of Melkart...
Hip, Hip, Hip, and a Hooray- Three Victorias (Roman) and an Earlier Nike (Greek): [ATTACH] Time of Claudius-Nero. Philippi, Macedonia. Circa AD...
@furryfrog02, here are a couple of examples of those Olbian dolphins that you mentioned. The residents of Olbia presumably enjoyed watching them...
[ATTACH] Otho, 69. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 2.99 g, 6 h), Rome. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P Bare head of Otho to right. Rev. VICTORIA OTHONIS...
@Orielensis, I enjoyed seeing your photos from atop Masada. I also visited the site last year. Nice re-telling of the "historical fall," @kevin...
Here's another coin of mine from Year 3 that better shows the decorative lid on the amphora: [ATTACH]
Here are prutot from Year 2 and Year 3 of the Jewish War. (Both of them need to be rephotographed.) They are very similar in design, but note...
And here's a hemidrachm, but not of Alexander: [ATTACH] MYSIA, Parion, 4thcentury BC, silver hemidrachm of 13 mm, 2.14 g. Gorgoneion / IIA-PI,...
[ATTACH] Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tarsos, circa 327-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ,...
Thanks for sharing the pic of your personal inspection of Trajan's road last fall, @Ancient Aussie! Here's a denarius with Abundantia on the...
Nice acquisition with a fine portrait, @DonnaML! I believe my Galba's reverse center is "dotless;" however, Doug's post had me closely examining...
Good article on the LONG history of the tripod, @Roman Collector! Nice examples of tripods and snakes posted in this thread. Here are four...
These reverses show Minerva and Athena, respectively, with round shields at rest: [ATTACH] Denarius. Laureate head of Domitian right /...
Interesting thread, @Roman Collector. Here's a coin that was issued to commemorate Agrippa's re-founding of Caesarea Paneas as Neronias, named...
My heaviest coin, this 36 mm countermarked sestertius of Tiberius, weighs in at just under 25 g (24.88). [ATTACH]
Thanks @Deacon Ray, I always enjoy looking at posts of your great collection which are so wonderfully presented!
Here are some examples of coins of Herod the Great and his successor sons. After dad died, Augustus ultimately decided who got what, naming their...
On the coins below, Tiberius goes from a rather "normal" nose to more of a "beak" due to the different styles of the engravers. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin @robinjojo- very attractive on both sides! I don't think I've seen Athena portrayed like that on a coin before. Here's Athena...
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