Awesome! Thanks @TIF ! I think #30 is a match...though I don't know what it signifies. Through this link I also learned that my coin is from...
I wish I knew what the countermark on the reverse was...any guesses? [ATTACH] ACHAEMENID KINGDOM OF PERSIA. UNCERTAIN KINGS, about 500-380 BCE...
Beautiful. Way to go @Bing! Do we get to see what they look like in your collection??
Congratulations! These are the days life is all about. That and the nights when they let us "shake hands in Concordia";);) nudge nudge know what I...
After the MASSIVE public embarrassment of his 1st marriage Claudius told his troops to kill him if he should ever marry a second time. They...
Beautiful coin! How nice of you. Please count me in.
"X" is for Xerxes [ATTACH] 500-380 BCE Siglos, silver ("dagger type"). AR 16 MM5.52 g. The Great King running r., wearing kidaris, holding bow in...
Very cool! Congrats!! Here's mine. Note the control mark, liitus, below chin... [ATTACH] C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. 90 B.C.E. AR denarius (16.5 mm,...
Wow! Beautiful piece of militaristic propaganda of one of my favourite emperors:woot:
"V" is for Vabalathus and "U" is for A...Urelian;) [ATTACH] VABALATHUS & Aurelian 271-272 AD. Antoninianus Antioch mint. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG,...
"T" is for Titus and Titi! [ATTACH] Titus 79-81 CE AR Denarius (3.29 gm) of Rome, as Caesar, 76 AD. Laureate head right / Eagle on cippus....
To @Roman Collector s point, Suetonius's 12 Caesar's ends at Domitian for the love of Zeus! Just sayin...
Great idea! And Mary Beard is awesome! I just watched het documentaries on Julius Caesar and Caligula on YouTube a week or so ago. Good times
Wow! Super rare and a real beaut ta boot. Congrats!!!
Why not just ask which is my favorite child?! ...though that might be easier. There are only 3 of them. After a quick look through my collection I...
"S" is seriously for SULLA!!! [ATTACH] Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus 82 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.8 g). Military mint traveling with Sulla....
Simply beautiful. A true ancient gem. Way to go @TIF The rarity, the amazing reverse and the beautiful Amphitrite all add up to just :singing: to...
"Q" is for ...another Quintillus [ATTACH] Quintillus 270 CE AE Antoninianus (19 mm, 2.88 g), Roma (Rome). Obv. IMP C M AVR QVINTILLVS AVG,...
Thanks a ton Doug and red spork! I've got a few that I'm not sold on, but here they are... [ATTACH] Lydia, Thyateira. Pseudo-autonomous issue,...
I just dug out a grip of coins I had yet to, or more accurately been unable to, identify from days passed. It's funny what a difference setting...
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