Nero from Alexandria: Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams Obverse: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, Radiate crowned head facing right. Reverse:...
Also, there is no F after the P in "PF AVG" which normally one would expect. Red flag. And to top it off the portrait does not appear to be right.
Just a quick note - picked up another Nilos Hadrian type but in pristine condition. I'll post a pic when it arives.
Wow. I wonder where in the heck you find these coins. I guess the Romans had no pockets to store their loose change, hence they had the dropsies.
Here is my abdication follis and a tet also from Alexandria. Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) AE Follis Weight: 6.90 grams Diameter: 23 mm Mint:...
Oh boy what a PITA. Good luck Gavin. I hope you can get it sorted out. About the worst thing that happened to me was an envelope holding a...
Very interesting Victor.
Maximinus I Thrax, 235-238 A.D. AR Denarius. 19mm, 3.7 grams Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right...
Nice pick up at a good price. I'm seeing Aurelian antoniniani going for over $100 these days on ma-shops and vcoins.
Thanks for the background info. I hadn't realized that Sulla besieged Athens.
Yes, an interesting catch.
Great cleaning job. The reverse is the two Pannoniae
Neat coin!
Here's FIDES on a sestertius of Gallienus: Gallienus (253-268) AE Sestertius 28 mm 14.8 grams, squared flan, struck between 253 and 260....
I agree. On my last trip to Egypt I spent three months there, sandwiched between trips to Jordan and Turkey. There is always more to see and I...
Here's mine: Maximinus I Thrax, 235-238 A.D. AR Denarius. 19mm, 3.7 grams Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust...
Very nice article with an interesting thesis @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix
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Thanks for the nice article in response Donna. And for the further edification about my coin! You have a number of great coins as well...
The Nile River, since at least the time of Herodotus, was an object of fascination for the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Herodotus speculated as...
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