Is there a convenient list somewhere online of all the different Late Roman mintmark abbreviations? It would certainly be helpful to be able to...
I bought my 5th Hadrian Travel series denarius today (6th if you count the galley reverse coin that I posted not that long ago in another thread)....
Here's the bottom half of the 5441 listing from Sep 1983 for @Michael Stolt; I found it by combining a search for Dioscuri and dolphin within that...
Thanks to you, I was able to find the May 1984 issue and the rest of that year's volume together with 1983, with a snippet view showing No. 2625:...
Wow, thank you! That's amazing that you found that. I hate the snippet view on Google Books, but once in a great while it's actually useful! And...
I bought a couple of Roman Republican coins at the Dix Noonan Webb auction today, both from more than 70 years later than @Michael Stolt's...
Severus Alexander, AE 22, AD 218-222, Mysia, Parion. Obv. Laureate bust right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion, seen from front, IMP CAEƧ L ƧEP...
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Here's my Aelius Caesar denarius. I don't recall having any big problem finding one in decent condition on VCoins: Aelius Caesar AR Denarius, 137...
Tiberius, AE As, 15-16 AD, Rome Mint [bronze equivalent of “Tribute Penny” design]. Obv. Bare head right, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST[VS?] IMP VII...
Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint, “Tribute Penny.” Obv. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right/ Rev. PONTIF MAXIM,...
By the way, I asked Ken Dorney how James could have been in the military in World War II, since he was born in 1929. Ken said that James told him...
The reason I deliberately put this thread in the Ancients forum to begin with was that I believed that if I were to put it in the "Memoriam"...
You're extremely kind! And you're welcome. Interestingly, there have probably been more women who were notable numismatic scholars, than there...
As far as I know, when the human head on a serpent is male, it's always supposed to be Serapis.
So sweet! There should definitely be more girls with coins and coins with girls. Here's Faustina II with four daughters: Faustina II [Junior]...
Nothing unusual about the three I have, I'm afraid -- Poppea Sabina, Alexandria, and Divus Augustus, from Years 11, 12, and 13, respectively:...
Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos, ca. 272-240 BCE. Magistrates Sy… and Lykinos. Obv. Nude youth on horse advancing to left, crowning horse with wreath...
Here are my seven Septimius Severus coins -- an appropriate number to have! Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 198 AD, Laodicea Mint. Obv. Laureate...
I am very glad to see the response here from so many people. I'm sure that Ken Dorney would want to participate himself, but, as many of you...
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