Thanks for posting that coin, Bing. I've only given the Tyre coinage a brief look, but it seems to me that Tyche is more common on the bronzes....
Here’s an autonomous city issue of Tyre dating to the late 2nd century BC. [IMG] Phoenicia, Tyre, AE 13, Year 3 (124/123 BC, Lindgren III...
Actually, WC started a new thread, and it's got lots of entries, so why don't we let this one sink.
Ugh - I am NOT the master of anything numismatic! Just a humble aspirant.
Heh - I "liked" your post, but now I realize it looks like I like the fact that you're going to disappear for a few weeks. That's not what I mean,...
Yeah, I see now, thanks. The first P is weak and looks like I.
That's what you've been wondering about? Not the meaning of life? Or what those things are called at the ends of shoelaces? Or why there are...
Bing, how do you get 211 for that coin? My sources say Caracalla's Consul IV was in 213.
That's just the pic - it looks like a scan, and they always look poor. The coin itself appears to be in great condition. Good stuff, WC. I have...
Well, I was just kidding about reporting it...it could make for an interesting run.
Yeah, no worries friend, I knew what you meant. :)
Let's make this a thread of rulers by alphabetical order. Only coins you own are allowed. A - Aretas IV, Nabataea [img]
Thanks Jerry. There's nothing shallow about collecting ancient coins for eye-appeal. I can think of a thousand truly shallow pursuits. It's all in...
I've added a third tessera to this set today. This one is Hoover Group B. Obv.: Head of Nabataean ruler (Obodas III?) r., with hair in cascading...
That's true Bing - I had forgotten that. Perhaps things would have worked out differently for Crispus and Fausta if Constantine had found his new...
Historians disagree on what really happened between Fausta and Crispus, but it's the sort of stuff that makes for Roman legend - that much is...
I can definitely see influence from the Turko-Hephthalites to the Bukhara - a stylized version of significant elements. The third coin is too worn...
That's very instructive, AN. It seems the pendulum of artistic style is always swinging between complexity and simplicity. I wouldn't have guessed...
Why do you say the style declined? Those pieces certainly aren't anything similar to the heyday of Sassanian coinage, but couldn't it just be said...
The earlier Aretas II bronzes can be quite lovely, if you come across a nice example... [IMG] But they're merely an attempt to copy the older...
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