I was not aware many people here had much interest in Severan Provincials. So far there have been a couple volumes of the standard reference...
I believe the extra you see is just roughness. All of the coins on this page have the same reverse legend but differ in where they ran out of...
Research the ones from Sybaris, Poseidonia and Kaulonia. They are a power of ten cooler....and more expensive....
Here are three from Anchialus. The first (Cybele) is a die match to your obverse and the other two (Zeus and the gate) are to each other but not...
[ATTACH] Mine was $13 in 1987. Greek Bronzes under $20 tend to be small or very small with boring types. Perhaps there is a hoard. I'm...
Both used the name. Some provincials are hard to tell but Imperials are easier if you follow the rules:...
Hieron II of Syracuse (spelled out in exergue). 275-215 BC AE27 (you should have told us that part). Mine was $89 from Stacks in 1992. You are...
Diva is the feminine of Divus or divine. It means the coin was issued in her honor after her death. Augusta is the feminine of Augustus and...
I'm full of opinions on this one http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez3.html but my #1 opinion is that the only place for a...
For what it is worth, I had already posted my unsuccessful snipe on the coin before you posted but you outbid me. It can get awkward when someone...
Try raising the light angle so it does not cut so harshly across the surface and experiment with directions other than from the back of his head....
A tetradrachm of Rhodes should have a 3/4 facing head of Helios and a rose reverse that fills the circular flan rather than being enclosed in an...
A new collector of Alexandrian coins (certainly myself included) is faced with what seems like too great a selection of books. Here we have a...
I trust everyone realizes that Antoninus Pius is Caracalla, one of several rulers that used the name. There are no coins inscribed Caracalla....
I've seen the type in drachm size but not larger. The style strikes me as a modern made for jewelry replica.
Considering he died at age ten, there are a lot of coins of Diadumenian. Roman issues are rare but he is common in Provincials including may on...
I do not own the book but had the great stroke of luck that you posted sample photos of the pages necessary to catalog my latest purchase....
My guess on the second one is Macrinus from Laodicea ad mare. [ATTACH]
I'll try to avoid boring with too many coins. A big problem with many of my coins is that they are not dated to a specific year so quite a few...
8th century is a hard one. I have several coins that I have dated to a span including the 8th (things like 7-8th, Chach, earliest Shahi) but my...
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