gogili1977 mentioned NOBILITAS which was another Philip type from the same issue where the officina was shown in the reverse field by Greek...
TRANQVILLITAS AVGG is a perfectly good reverse type for Philip but not for Decius. [ATTACH]
There are two kinds of uncleaned coins: those that might look better cleaned and those that definitely would look worse. There are two kinds of...
That one is what one might term a 'hot mess'. Grade that one, ye who live for the Sheldon scale!
Without doubt. Rotate your obverse 3/8 turn counterclockwise.
The crescent/stars reverse was used at Marcianopolis by several rulers. I believe yours is Diadumenian, son of Macrinus....
I have always admired TIF's pair of these. Mine is terrible but now I see it is not the most worn one. This is a very rare thing and the only...
You might like this one but it has no real meaning since the coin is a plated unofficial AE denarius. The reverse is Commodus. Read the legend...
We get this question quite often and we never really give a satisfactory answer, I believe, because there is not one. I agree there are decent...
He was mentioned so should be shown. Maximus Sestertius / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS [ATTACH] While Balbinus and Pupienus were alive, Gordian III...
I recommend (and have) a hospital ward tray in a cabinet not used for coins where I keep treated coins and check every so often (monthly or so)....
Such variations are to be expected when a man became emperor when 'out of town'. Word to correct the errors would dribble in over time but we do...
That is a nice holder for a coin type that can be broken if forced into tight spaces. I have absolutely no problems with slabs that have access...
Clue: http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Frieda
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html In 2001 I had so much fun at a Baltimore show that I wrote one of my favorite pages...
The second coin is Gallienus year four and by far my last choice among the three. The billon used this late was pretty terrible and not at all...
The first, Hadrian, has a relatively clear legend (ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC is at right - AVT KAI TRAI at left). The reverse is Demeter with grain, poppies and...
All three are nice coins but I really like the Nero which is year three, the first year for Nero at Alexandria and bears a nice, young portrait....
All three are Alexandria mint. First is Hadrian, second Gallienus and third Nero.
As now has become expected I see this thread on the Ancient Coins board of CT has attracted posts by those who have no interest in ancient coins...
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