Wow! Somebody on this forum collects coins of the nomes and has compiled an impressive group! And provincial cities too! That's remarkable (I...
Justinian minted folles at Antioch with a great variety of mintmarks. At one time, I had assembled five distinctly different mintmarks for that...
Not many helmets without a head got posted. I got a Republican example last year: [ATTACH] Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 BC. Denarius. 19-18 mm. 3.62...
I own one of from a place we have not listed before. "Galatia, Koinon of" [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117 AE31 mm. 22.34 grams. Sestertius-sized...
@Irbguy showed you can find Gordian III and Tranquillina together on a coin. Balkan cities in the era often have busts vis-a-vis. Here are Gordian...
That argument equally supports "no one would read my blog." I find CT complex enough that it takes enough attention that I rarely visit other...
@Orfew , why are your blog entires not the beginning of threads here? I think you would get far more readers here. Furthermore, this site has a...
Here is a Gordian III of Singara, Mesopotamia. [ATTACH] 20 mm. 7.50 grams. Centaur Sagittarius galloping right and shooting bow Legionary...
Corinth is on the list of possible cities under "Koinon of Corinth". I prepared this before I found it on the list, so you get to see it even...
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I have two Magnentius pieces from Amiens. Here is one: [ATTACH] DN MAGNEN-TIVS PF AVG VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES Two victories, shield with VOT...
Here is a Gallienus zoo series coin: [ATTACH] 20-18 mm. SOLI CONS AVG Bull right RIC 285. Next: bull
I hope this thread will remain active and we continue to post coins from the missing cities. All the possible cities are listed on a spreadsheet...
You came back at just the right time. I wonder if that was the last day anyone had it so easy.
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@Sallent, that's a nice OP coin! You can read an introduction to the argenteus denomination at my site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/...
Acheloos is going to be a tough one! @Alegandron , if you can do it, you may have to do it yourself!
Oliver Hoover is the author of the multi-volume series "Handbook of the Coins of ..." where "Sicily" is one volume among 8 already published among...
Here is a silver drachm of Lydia [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117. 19-18 mm. 3.29 grams. ΔHMEΞ YΠATB [second consulship] two lyres, owl above Sear Greek...
@Andres2, that example is wonderful--except for the Hoover coin it is far better than the published SNG examples I cited.
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