Now, I'm not calling Charles Barber a plagiarist, but I noticed something when I saw this diademed bust of Faustina (a new acquisition from...
This reverse type is unique to Crispina, the wife of Commodus, who was childless as far as is known to history. We don't know the circumstances...
In the course of researching the denarii of Julia Soaemias, I note that RIC lists a number of different reverse types. However, after doing a...
[ATTACH] Faustina Junior, AD 161-175 Roman AR denarius, 2.82 g, 17.7 mm, 2 h Rome, AD 161-175 Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust,...
One of the coins I purchased in the Frank Robinson Auction 104. We know this is the first issue of Julia Soaemias because it can be dated to AD...
I wanted to show off a coin purchased in Frank's latest auction and to offer my thoughts about classification of ancient coins. Feel free to post...
Look at the similarity in iconography between this provincial from Philippopolis (Septimius Severus) and this imperial issue of Probus. Both have...
While a fun exercise, playing "guess what they were thinking" is not likely to be fruitful. Nonetheless, that's what this post is about. This is...
Post your Tetricus II (or barbarous imitation) coins! Tetricus I ascended to the throne of the Gallic empire after the death of Victorinus in the...
What the heck are Princess Leia and R2D2 doing on the reverse of this AE-4 of Theodosius I? [ATTACH]
Providentia is the personification of foresight and is most often depicted under the form of a female, clothed in a matron’s gown, holding in her...
Pleasantly worn denarius of hapless Sabina. It must have circulated for decades. I'm sure it's impregnated with pagan altar smoke, gladiator...
Shame the flan's a bit small and the inscription is partially off the flan on both sides. Nonetheless, enough remains to make an exact attribution...
Sure, it's common as gravel, but it has a nice, bottle-green patina and a funky flan. Post anything you feel is relevant. [ATTACH] Victorinus,...
Found among a bunch of LRBs in an uncleaned lot. It has a weird obverse inscription which appears to read as follows from the 7:00 position...
"Oriens augusti" means the "rising sun of the emperor," implying a new day, a fresh start, and rising fortune. The reverse depicts Sol, the sun...
At the outset of his reign, Caracalla declared divine support for the Egyptian deity Serapis, a god of healing. The temple of Isis and Serapis in...
Thirty-seven coins of Faustina I and not one of them has a veiled bust ... until I added the thirty-eighth one, courtesy of @John Anthony. This...
These coins of Gallienus demonstrate some of the worst lapses in quality control at the mint. This isn't post-mint damage or the effects of...
@Jasper Burns , the author of numerous (some of my favorite) coin books, has joined Coin Talk! Let's give him a big welcome to the ancients forum!...
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