RIC dates it 238-9, so yes, in the first two years of his rule.
Hope everything's ok, JW!
I agree with Mat, nice coin overall. What sort of projects are you doing to earn the coins?
It's a great coin of course, Steve, but technically no. The coins that commemorate his travels were minted in Rome. I agree with Eduard about the...
Hadrian traveled to almost every province during his reign, and a series of coins in both bronze and silver commemorated his globetrotting. You've...
Superb portrait on that coin! A lot of detail for the series, not to mention character.
Good thread idea, VK! I've got a few more to post later.
Lol, yeah. I'm not trying to derail the thread. It's just one more time out of many that I've given up looking at pics that I wanted to see. There...
Eh, I wish I could. Out here in the woods our only choice is DSL.
The pics - they're too big, all over 1MB, some over 2. They take forever to load and I just give up waiting. It happens on this forum a lot - pics...
The files are too big and I give up waiting for them to load.
Anyone who has children will be familiar with their incessant bickering over property, but two of the sons of Constanine the Great, Constantine II...
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The pic looks overly-saturated to me, but that's ok. I expect a more natural look in hand. You never know though. I had this Phillip II, and it...
32mm, 25.46g RIC 258a It's the seller's pic so we'll see just how green it is when it arrives. I didn't even think about St. Patrick's day!
I posted my one snake coin earlier today, so I'll forego repeating myself, but I will say that my son had a python for a while until the critter...
I don't collect these, but this one caught my eye and compared to what sestertii seem to be going for these days, I got it for a song. eBay snack....
Thank you for the constructive remarks guys!
There is a bronze issue of Bostra under Commodus, some Indo-Scythians, and the strange remake of the Scaurus coin by A. Plautius with Bacchius...
Thanks for the advice Collect89, and that's a gorgeous Scaurus!
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