Also look out for the young busts seen from the front rather then the rear. Caracalla Denarius Obv:– M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, draped and cuirassed...
I have always had a soft spot for these. Yours is lovely. Caracalla Antoninianus Obv:– ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, cuirassed bust right,...
I bought this tiny AE4 because it looked to be an imitative of Valentinian in good style. Opinions? It is a SALVS REIPBLICAE type but try as I...
Amongst my recent purchases are some eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. Here are my first two (the third is still en-route from Switzerland)...
I have finally tracked down my own Galley type. Bastien dates this type to being issued between the usurpation by Magnentius on 18th January A.D....
Another new purchase. On May 1st, A.D. 305 Diocletian abdicated after 20 years as emperor. These abdication types celebrate him in his retirement...
Some absolutely fabulous coins here folks. I haven't been around here for a couple of weeks and am just catching up and it seems that I have...
My first ancient which was bought for entirely egocentric reasons. When your name is Martin and your are named after the Roman god of war what...
I have a few eagles. You can't have too many Ptolemaic eagles in an eagle thread. Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Silver Tetradrachm...
I think that we can be more categorical in asserting that it is fake. It looks like a cast (or even a cast of a cast) of a known fake produced by...
My only Julia Paula. [IMG]
My only Sinope Sinope, Paphlagonia, Silver Drachm Obv:- Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace Rev:-...
Very nice. My only Mag Max Siliqua for comparison. [IMG]
Augustus Denarius Obv:– AVGVSTVS DIVI F, Bare head right Rev:– IMP X either side of Apollo Citharoedus standing left with lyre, ACT in exe,...
Aeolis, Myrina, Tetradrachm Obv:– Laureate head of Apollo right, hair braided, ribbons flowing behind. Rev:– MYRINAION left, Apollo Grynios...
Abdera, Silver Drachm Obv:– Griffin springing left. Rev:– GR-W-TH-S, laureate head of Apollo left in linear square, within incuse square Minted...
I don't have any and really don't want to start another obsession (though it is highly tempting) Two additional examples that don't shed any...
My Demetrios isn't so obviously oval. Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter, tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Demetrios I right inside a fillet...
This was my nicest Seleukid until I sold it last year. That was a sad day. Seleucid Kingdom, Seleukos I, tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles...
I don't buy slabbed ancients as a rule and have broken almost all of them free. The one I didn't break out I sold. Slabs aren't for me. I do look...
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