I won this Probus from the Jacquier sale. The splendid heroic bust appealed to me [ATTACH] PROBUS, 276-282. Mint Ticinum. Antoninianus, 4th Em....
This is one of my current favorites [ATTACH] Q. Fufius Kalenus and Mucius Cordus AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 70 BC. Jugate heads right of Honos,...
@Trebellianus - lovely tet. Holt's "Into the land of Bones" about Alexander the Great in the area is also interesting . My tets : [ATTACH]...
Hoover has a lot of information on the Indo Skythians in HGC 12, if you are not already familiar with it. My Azes : [ATTACH][ATTACH] Greek Asia....
I need a better photo of this one [ATTACH] Phrygia. Hierapolis . Commodus Bronze. Ca. 188 - 192 ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔοϹ; laureate-headed bust...
I acquired this for its reverse image [ATTACH] Cilicia. Uncertain mint circa 400-300 BC. Obol AR 10 mm., 0,56 g. Facing head of Herakles,...
Glad you have succumbed to the Greeks [ATTACH] PHRYGIA. Apameia. Circa 100-50 BC. (Bronze, 19.5 mm, 6.17 g, 1 h), Attalos, son of Bianor....
I have been buying from Roma for some time, and find them easy an reliable to deal with - the only negative is that their auction fees keep going up.
We have wild boar in the Forest of Dean where I live, so this one appealed to me [ATTACH] LESBOS. Mytilene. EL Hekte (Circa 521-478 BC). Obv:...
Interesting write up @Sulla80 - thank you. I was not aware of Troxell being online and will study it. This series is full of interest, with...
@Marsyas Mike - thanks for your help. I agree that Hercules is a possibility, but one cannot be certain.
This is Stancomb's attribution, based I think on another example of the same coin on which " ΔI within Ivy wreath; ΚΑΛΛΑ above " was visible,...
I picked up this coin from the Stancomb Collection. Can anyone tell me why it has been countermarked twice with the same device ? [ATTACH]...
I have been gradually making a small collection of Nero sestertii : [ATTACH] Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER...
My anchor countermark [ATTACH] Description Pamphylia, Side AR Tetradrachm. Circa 183-175 BC. Attic standard. Kleu(ch)-, magistrate. I also...
Virility required to defeat the German tribes !
My copy of the same coin [ATTACH]
Jochen, please add me for another pre order of your book in English
My best Vespasian portrait ( with an "Amazonian" Roma reverse) [ATTACH] Vespasian Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III,...
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