Very interesting, @Heliodromus! I'll keep my eye out for one of these confronted bust types. @dougsmit will be very interested in this thread.
A beautiful collection of denarii, @Deacon Ray! And with gender parity, too!! You had a great year! May 2022 treat you well.
Not a legitimate ancient coin, I'm afraid. For genuine examples of the dolphin/owl type of Tyre, see here. This one, for example, sold for...
My runner up is this scarce left-facing denarius of Faustina I. I previously wrote about it here. [IMG] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman AR...
The first is Marcus Aurelius, the adopted son of Antoninus Pius.
I'll add a Thracian provincial of Faustina II to the mix: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 6.57 g, 21.7 mm, 8 h....
Lovely coins, @DonnaML! Of course, I am partial to the ones depicting Faustina's children. I also like the Titus elephant denarius.
Great year, @Victor_Clark! Nice coins, all, and some rarities to boot! But my favorite is the confronted busts of the Licinii.
Fascinating!
Beautiful coins, all of them, @Terence Cheesman! Any of them would be the highlight of a fine collection.
This is the only coin of Abila in my numophylacium Faustinae: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 15 mm, 1.62 g, 6 h. Decapolis,...
LESS THAN 3 WEEKS!!!! :eek: And it's on a Friday -- Faustina Friday!!
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All gorgeous, @kirispupis! I had to go with action and animals! My favorites were the tet of Ptolemy I because of the Athena, the tet of Sileukos...
Those are nice coins, @DonnaML, even if they won't make your top 10. I have goat bigas and elephant bigas of the Republic, but this is my only...
That's a neat artifact, to be sure! But I had to laugh at "confirming the existence of the Roman Empire in the region" -- the region being...
Wow!!! Fantastic coins, @Al Kowsky! Any of these would be a treasured addition to anyone's collection. If pressed, I'd have to say the Septimius...
Gorgeous, gorgeous coin, @AncientJoe! "Karnak" reminds me of ... [IMG]
Nymphs you say? I got THREE of 'em!! [ATTACH] Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm. Thrace, Augusta Trajana, AD...
Perhaps I’m getting a little ahead of myself, and I know it's not even December, but several other members have posted theirs and I am pretty sure...
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