The mint city attributions for Septimius were always just guesses. I believe most of the reasoning was based on the theory that Antioch was...
Domitian as Caesar sestertius [ATTACH]
Caracalla. He was not the kind of ruler you usually think of as a Divus candidate but having a relative become emperor was enough for a very...
These also come in Delmatius. [ATTACH]
That is a good question. Some people would look at the flat feather detail on the owl or lousy style and not want it at any price but certainly...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/087341442X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr= At under $6 postpaid the used copies...
IMO any group of coins can include a coin that is one step outside the normal bounds of the group. That means a Seleucid collection might include...
Some of us are perfectly satisfied with coins with test cuts which are beneath the notice of those who only collect mint state coins. I do not...
This situation is also found with VI and Virtus. [ATTACH]
Each of my coins gets two numbers. One is the sequence number of acquisition; the other is made up sequence that causes the photo files to sort...
I know little about Kujula Kadphises but my first coin illustrates his copying coin types of Hermaios as mentioned in the write-up. [ATTACH]...
SALVS AVG also comes with Artemis and Apollo (with lyre) [ATTACH] and Asklepios. [ATTACH] I assume there are others. It seems in this period...
I never read posts on the US forum but was attracted to this from the right side menu when I saw who posted to it. I stopped collecting US about...
I suspect many coins that survive had already been buried away before the edict and were not removed from hiding until after.
We recently had a thread recommending this book. At present, I am only part way through it but think it is a decent book for beginners except...
I'l play. Random.org said you need to see my coin #1359 which dates to the period when almost everything I was buying was a Septimius Severus...
I suppose I have to include among my favorite coins of Geta this one from which his image was scraped away in accordance with the decree by...
Nice overview.
I always liked the roaring lion. This is a 1.15g diobol. [ATTACH] My 0.74g obol is so oval that it lost the tunny but I considered it amazing...
Does this become a Judaea Capta coin because Vespasian had no military actions anywhere in the empire except for Judaea? To me, a coin needs...
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