It is possibly reflected lighting coming from the bottom of the coin.
My apologies! I meant "Show your casualties of war ON ANCIENT COINS."
[ATTACH] Show your casualties of war.
[ATTACH] KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.43 gm). Pella mint. Obv: Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios...
Great catch!!!
It is interesting, to me, that almost all the examples at Shanxi 's link have deeply struck , concave reverses....like yours.
A "denarius" of Severus Alexander?
[ATTACH] CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Time of Pharnakes. Circa 63-47 BC. Æ Obol (27mm, 12.43 gm, 12h). Obv: Wreathed head of young Dionysos...
Ryro: Here is a coin with a similar representation of Zeus's head, however, note that it is a didrachm:...
QUOTE= If anyone could help me with the "Greek legend around" of the last coin, I would be most grateful. I think I see "ΑΜΦΙ(ΠΟ)ΛΙΤΩΝ."...
I goofed! The Antoninus Pius coin is not a Trajan Decius commemorative issue. My apologies. Getting old :(
[ATTACH] Restored Coinage of Trajan Decius for Divus Titus. 249-251 AD. AR Antoninianus (22mm; 3.19 gm; 1h). Rome, 251 AD. Obv: DIVO TITO Radiate...
[ATTACH] Divus Antoninus Pius. Died 161 AD. AR Denarius (18mm; 3.30 gm; 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD....
[ATTACH] Divus Commodus. Died 192 AD. AR Antoninianus (23mm; 3.38 gm; 1h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint, 5th officina. 8th emission of Trajan...
[ATTACH] CELTIC. Danubian Celts. AR drachm (2.4 gm,10h, 19mm) Imitation of Alexander III or Philip III. Obv: Head of Herakles, right wearing lion...
[ATTACH] CELTIC. Danubian Celts. Philip II. AR Drachm by weight (4.2 gm, 3h, 22mm), ca. 2nd-1st Century B.C.? Obv: Abstract head of Zeus right....
[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...
Like this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1077244
[ATTACH] I rotated the reverse about 60 degrees. it looks like a tripod to me, and my old eyes see either Marcianopolis or Hadrianopolis...
Herakles?
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