@AncientJoe - my congratulations also. There has been much written on whether Brutus putting his portrait on a coin was sheer hyprocracy - do you...
@AncientJoe - fascinating coin - I failed to buy a less good example. Congratulations
I got my first Tiberius denarius - the ubiquitous Pontif. Maxim type - in 1981. Ever since, I have wanted the other rare early type celebrating...
This is my earliest portrait coin [ATTACH] Ionia, Achaemenid Period. Spithridates, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia, under Darius III. Circa 335-334 BC....
@Roerbakmix - thank you. I shall go with Thrace, Mesembria HGC 3 II 1562 as a hemi-obol
I recently acquired this coin as the Corinthian helmet appealed to me and it was inexpensive. Can anyone add any more information ? [ATTACH] ASIA...
One of my earlier flying pigs [ATTACH] IONIA. Klazomenai. Hemiobol (5th century BC). Obv: Forepart of winged boar right. Rev: Quadripartite...
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I agree, although some interesting reverses do exist. [ATTACH] Nero Æ Dupondius. Rome, circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P,...
One tends to think of Marcus Aurelius campaigning on the Rhine but the Parthians also had to be faced [ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius AD 161-180. Rome...
@David Atherton - fascinating coin- congratulations. The first Emperor to erect a Triumphal Arch to celebrate a victory was Augustus, as depicted...
Well, I've a few - one of my favorite cities for artistic types [ATTACH] Lucania, Metapontion AR Quarter Shekel. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207...
One of my favorite emperors [ATTACH] RIC 94 Ceres [ATTACH] RIC 113. Libertas
I have a sub collection of the coins of the Brettii and acquired this one to fill a gap [ATTACH] Bruttium, The Brettii (214-203 BC), Æ Half-Unit...
It was part of the coinage of M. Sanquinius, who was one of the III viri monetales in 17 B.C. The comet on the reverse should have a tail...
@Ancient Aussie - excellent write up - that coin is on my wants list. The comet appears on both sides of this denarius : [ATTACH] Augustus...
@shanxi - thank you for your help. I must learn to use acsearch properly !
I have a small group of what I guess to be AR ols from Asia Minor Can anyone help with attributions ? [ATTACH] 9mm., 0,74g. Facing gorgoneion...
A didrachm with an interesting control mark [ATTACH] Rhodes AR Didrachm. Circa 250-229 BC. Mnasimachos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios...
one from Lamponeia [ATTACH] Troas, Lamponeia Hemiobol 480-450, AR 8mm., 0.39g. Bull's head facing. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square....
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