I might as well use this thread for my recent EQVITI coins. Here is one I have posted in another thread here recently. Probus Obv:– IMP C...
And TEMPR for TEMPOR Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– TEMPR (sic) FELICI, Felicitas standing right,...
I have some other Probus, Lugdunum errors ORIES for ORIENS Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right Rev:– ORIES (sic)...
I have the same Syrian Julia D. die [IMG] Here is my Alexandrian die VENERI VICTI (sic) [IMG] and muled with the Septimius Severus reverse...
As a Probus Lugdunum maniac, I mean collector, there are a few classic mint errors that I have been keen on getting. One of my favourites is the...
Just to prove that i CAN smile...my eldest daughter has made me put this image of us walking back to our hotel in Sorrento here as...
I have been known to sport a beard but am currently clean shaven.
The on site maps, official site map and official guide book all refer to it as the Temple to Vespasian.
A larger selection has been added to my Roman sites gallery over on Forvm A C. This gallery covers other Roman sites in Britain too such as Bath,...
The mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite:- [IMG] Central Thermae The men's baths still have the stalls for holding the bather's clothing [IMG]...
Herculaneum was far more intimate and much more well preserved items in the small area:- The ruins sit beneath the town and have largely been...
A wall mosaic:- [IMG] Altar of the Temple to Vespasian:- [IMG]
Pompeii was fascinating but simply too big to take it all in during a short visit. I would think you would need several days and my family put if...
Mount Vesuvius was almost always visible from Sorrento apart from during a large thunderstorm that wandered through. Here is one taken across the...
This is my first ever selfie and quite possibly my last as I am not very adept at them. So why on earth show a selfie here? Well I have just come...
Nowhere near as rare as Doug's marvellous left facing bust but here is a COS I of the same reverse type with the full FORTVNAE REDVCI. [IMG]
In my random wanderings through the world of ancients I regularly get distracted by things I don't actively collect. The coins of Antoninus Pius...
I bought myself a coin for my birthday this year. My first Pescennius Niger denarius. I have wanted one for years but never pulled the trigger....
The following coin has the remnants of the engravers alignment circle, evidence of the die having been filed smooth and details of the engravers...
Ok. A coin I am fairly confident I haven't posted here before.... Julius Caesar, denarius Obv:- Diademed head of Venus right Rev:- CAESAR,...
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