The Maximinus is splendid and the Gordian is, um...well, it's a dog. But that's what happens when you buy larger lots sometimes. I've gotten a few...
This is a well-known forgery of a coin of Philip I, with a portrait of Caracalla. It has been published and condemned by the IBSCC Bulletin on...
This is an example of one type of what is called the civic, or pagan coinage struck under Maximian II. The obverse legend is GENIO ANTIOCHENI, and...
It's a very nice example of the type.
Greek language, Greek spelling, but some Roman letters get mixed into the provincials, ie. C instead of Σ.
The reverse reads VΠ AV ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN counterclockwise from 7. ΠPOS I is in exergue. Varbanov 2613. Herakles is holding a lion skin also.
Beautiful coin! The obverse inscription is AV A CEΠTI CEVHPOS. On the reverse I see NIKOΠOΛITΩN, so definitely Nikopolis. I suppose I've got to...
This is obviously a Seleucid coin, or a semi-autonomous city coin in Seleucid manner, judging by the style of the flying Pegasos. And there seems...
You know what's funny? I'm most interested in Levantine bronze, which even under the best circumstances is pretty decrepit. Even if I doubled or...
I'm in complete agreement with this. My remarks only concerned common coins available at low prices. If I were to spend $5000 on a coin I would...
Ok, it's Seleucid, Antiochus VII Eurgetes Obv.: head of Eros right. Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ; headdress of Isis, crescent above, star...
Are we just giving hints here? The letters ΙΟΧ and ΥΕΡΓΕΤ are enough information to discern the king, who was the ruler of a major Greek...
Great coins! I haven't seen too many of the Tiberius Constantine types. That's not saying much, since I haven't been looking for them, but my gut...
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