Thanks for the comments and posts containing positive feedback, interesting information and related coins! It was fun to see other coin types...
Very interesting article, @Roman Collector! Also nice coin examples in the article and in response. Here's one wth the river god Orontes on...
Personified by a swimming river god, the Orontes is highlighted at the bottom of the reverse of this ancient tetradrachm from the Roman province...
I'm not crying wolf, "Get your Italian Baked Goods Here!" [ATTACH] Roman Imperial. Commemorative Series. 330-354 AD. Æ Follis (15mm, 1.29 g,...
Those historical connections between the person portrayed and related events on the coin date are interesting, @David Atherton. Here's another...
That's an attractive coin, @Mat! Here's an earlier Ptolemaic in bronze: [ATTACH] Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC)....
Here's Hercules modeling one on a coin of Alexander the Great: [ATTACH] Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tarsos, circa 327-323 BC. Head...
Congratulations on the owl, @Limes! Agree that these are nice in-hand- hefty with high relief! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a coin buffet with pork, fish, venison, beef, barley, and grapes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Those are nice Vespasian/Titus tetradrachms, @robinjojo and @Mat! Sorry to hear that your first one was lost in the mail, @robinjojo. Your year...
Nice write-up, @Roman Collector. I like that olive example! Here's a similar one dressed in black. [ATTACH] PHRYGIA, Apameia. Circa 100-50...
Interesting posts. Here's a depiction of the Augusteum of Panias on the reverse of a coin of Herod Philip issued for Caesar Augustus. [ATTACH]...
Nice write-up and coin, @Obone! Great subsequent examples posted as well! You have an impressive collection, @octavius! [ATTACH] Augustus. 27...
That is an interesting Athenian tetradrachm, @robinjojo! Two Athena/Owl tetradrachms and an obol: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Informative article and nice coins, @Pavlos. [ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Antioch on the Orontes. Antiochos IV Epiphanes 175-164 BC.Bronze Æ. 20...
SSSSSSSSSplendid thread, @David Atherton. [ATTACH] MYSIA. Pergamon. AE. Circa 133-27 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right / AΣKΛHΠIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ...
Nice, tiny additions, @Roerbakmix! The Baal and wolf fit nicely within the jagged flan, which seems to suit the coin well. @Alegandron, the...
"...and Rome was named after it's founder Romulus and it ended under an emperor named Romulus (Romulus Augustulus). " [ATTACH] Roman Imperial....
Very interesting article and great coin, @David Atherton! Though not as "monumental" ;) as yours, this coin depicts a temple of Artemis....
Engaging write-up about the suspicious end of Claudius, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix. Here's the unhappy couple: [ATTACH] Claudius, with...
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