It is a particular pose found on this ancient statue (which is in the National Museum in Naples, not my collection): [ATTACH]
Theme: Farnese Hercules [ATTACH] Maximinus II, 305-310-313 21 mm. Struck as Augustus c. 311 HERCVLI VICTORI RIC VI Nicomedia 68 Next: Maximinus II
I feel I must apologize to Doug for not giving a more extensive review of the two volumes. Clearly the National Museum of Iran holdings were not...
Just so potential buyers know, this book is well-described by its title. It has numerous maps of trade routes, however it has no photographs at...
I agree with @Ken Dorney . The obverse is a copy of the common VRBS ROMA legend and type, except with bust right instead of the usual bust left....
Theme: a beautiful Byzantine bronze. [ATTACH] Michael II, 820-829. Sear Byzantine Coins 1642 Maybe it is not beautiful like Greek coins, but it...
I just put these on the main page of my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html One is a rare AE4 coin of Valentinian III and the other a rare...
Theme: Clemency [ATTACH] Hadrian, 117-138, as. 26-24 mm. Sear 3677, this coin. CLEMENTIA AVG COS III PP Struck 132-144 Next: bare head
@Severus Alexander , your Constantius version is really special and you got a super bargain. Congratulations!
Here is my educational site on these issues from Alexandria with the eagle: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/usurpers/Usurpers.html [ATTACH]...
Theme: Incuse square [ATTACH] Sicily, Selinus. 480-466 BC BC. 25-22 mm. 8.01 grams Selinon (parsley or celery) leaf, veins marked. Selinon leaf...
Theme: Baktrian. [ATTACH] Eukratides I, c. 171-135 BC. AR 10. 0.69 grams. Obol King Eukratides in Greek on the reverse, which has two caps of the...
The OP coin is certainly a fake. I looked at the seller's (cichosgladiator11) other items, of which there are many, and I would not put him on a...
One of the most famous ancient coin types is the so-called tribute penny of Tiberius (AD 14-37) because of its association with the New Testament...
Maybe we need a new column in the list of cities posted. We have our CT list:...
Maximinus Thrax, Roman emperor 235-238, didn't issue many different types. The most desirable type among his denarii is the VOTIS type: [ATTACH]...
I added Greek coins to my Greek page: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html I reduced prices on almost all the tetrarchal (Diocletian and later)...
Here is a coin of Tarsos in Cilicia: [ATTACH] 22-19 mm. 10.81 grams. Facing lady (like Arethus on coins of Kimon, Syracuse)/Ares in Attic helmet...
Late Roman copper coins usually have mintmarks that abbreviate the name of the mint. Some are clear abbreviations such as "LVG" for LVGdunum (=...
In the books brought to the screen in Game of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister has his nose cut off. The event in the book may have been inspired by...
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