TIF, your GIII from Hadrianopolis is spectacular! It must be the best in existence!
[ATTACH] Hostilian. As Caesar, 250-251 AD. Æ Sestertius. (29mm; 19.28 gm; 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 5th emission of Trajan Decius, 251 AD....
[ATTACH] Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Hadrianopolis, Thrace; Æ 28. Obv: His laureate and draped bust, r. Rev: To right, Pan, with goat legs,...
Not LRB, but Nikomedia: [ATTACH] KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes II Epiphanes. 149-127 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.90 gm, 11h, 37mm). Dated 159 BE...
[ATTACH] LYDIA, Sardes Imperial times, 200-235 AD. Æ (23mm, 4.27 gm. 6h). Obv: MEN ACKENOC, bust of Mên Askenos right on crescent moon, wearing...
[ATTACH] Titus, as Caesar; 69-79 AD. AR denarius (21x18mm; 3.32gm; 6h). Obv: His laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rev: No legend. Titus...
Thanks, TIF.
Chalcedon, Thrace
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AR Denarius (17mm; 3.09 gm; 6h). Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. Bare head right, drapery on left...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. laureate head right. Rev:TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, octastyle temple...
Mind boggling!!!!!!!
[ATTACH] Faustina Jr. Æ Sesterius. (31mm; 24.02 gm; 11h). Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev: VENVS VICTRIX S-C, Venus standing left,...
See this link to a previous thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-a-donkey-head.336071/#post-3444367
Thanks for the kind words, Al. I think I would kill for your two sestertii. :jimlad:
Provincial, Maximus alone: [ATTACH] Maximus, Caesar. 235-238 AD. THRACE, Deultum. Æ (24mm, 6.44 gm, 1h). Obv: Draped and cuirassed bust right....
Another provincial of father and son that seems quite scarce: [ATTACH] Maximinus I, with Maximus, Caesar. 235-238 AD. Tarsus/Tarsos, Cilicia. Æ...
I'd say authentic....to my old eyes. Sharp details.
Better!!! Congrats!
Thank you, Al. Pete
Like Al Kowsky's coin, another TD depiction of Dacia: [ATTACH] Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. AR Antoninianus (23mm; 3.31 gm; 12h). Rome mint, 1st...
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