Great coin, @DonnaML ! The head seems to be wearing a hat of some sort. The depictions I recall seeing of those two did not show them wearing a...
Not a coin, but a neat bronze fragment. Enjoy. [ATTACH]
So now we find ourselves on thin ice. How would ancient coins figure into this quagmire? Perhaps there could be two categories: significant and...
Didn’t Don have a small beard? R.I.P.
LIBERITAS (AVG?)
Splendid @DonnaML
Yes, indeed!!!
THANKS! I often wondered what the hand signified and you have solved my problem! [ATTACH] Maximus. Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. Æ Sestertius. (31mm;...
Titus? [ATTACH] Titus, as Caesar; 69-79 AD. AR denarius (21x18mm; 3.32gm; 6h). Antioch mint. "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Obv: T CAES (IMP) VESP...
A pitiful example, but for Vespasian: [ATTACH] Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Æ As (27 mm, 11.02 gm, 6h). Rome mint, struck 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN...
About 10 - 12 years….or so my old brain tells me. :) I owe the research to our great CT friend Curtis Clay, since I don’t have the references cited.
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius. ALEXANDRIA HARBOR SCENE. Alexandria, Egypt; dated 154/155 AD (year 18). Æ drachm (32 MM). Obv: Bust of Antoninus Pius,...
Superb, @Eduard!!
Wishing you a speedy recovery, @DonnaML I've had both my eyes done and it was QUICK and painless. I think it took just 2 or three days for each...
Ooooops. Next: Pan.
[ATTACH] PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (36mm; 33.09 gm; 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 249-246 BC....
Ooooops. Concordia seated LEFT.
With AVGG reverse: [ATTACH] Julia Paula. Augusta, 219-220 AD. AR Denarius (19mm; 2.51 gm; 12h). Rome mint. Obv: Draped bust right. Rev: Concordia...
Hatra? Too rough to really tell.
If you go, prepare yourself for a staggering, sensory overload!
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