The claw like raised hand seems to be the norm on all the types that I have seen. Your Serdica coin is superb. I have only seen one other example...
As far as I am aware the clouds only occur at Siscia. This comes in handy when you are trying to attribute some coins of this type as examples...
There are even minor variations on the Sol facing type illustrated. The Rome, Siscia and Cyzicus examples I show have Sol with head facing...
Those are fantastic examples Doug. Siscia is the only mint to attempt to illustrate clouds on this type, which is what those lines beneath the...
I have accumulated a collection of the Alexandrian coins too over the years. I have a gallery of some of them hosted on another forum:-...
There are some great busts. The bust diversity is huge. Here are a couple of scarcer ones. As Doug states, the shield detail is also varied on...
There is quite a bit of variation in the style of an individual bust type at this time within the production of a single mint even over a very...
Posting a photo here would be useful if you can. Staters are regularly faked. Martin
Just a quick note to let you know that both coins are ex-my collection, some of which I had to part with due to job loss etc. Glad to know that...
I have only just received my own largest ancient. Nothing as large as that huge lump that Doug illustrates but still quite a decent size....
The practice of dating their coins in Egypt pre-dates the Romans. Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom also carry the regnal year. Ptolemaic Kingdom,...
I know that I am new here but I hope that you don't mind me sharing some bits from my collection of ancients. This one is one of my favourites...
Another couple of ladies missing from the thread... Fausta:- Obv:– FLAV • MAX • FAVSTA AVG, Draped bust right Rev:– SPES REIPVBLICAE, Spes...
Well a little like buses here is another... from the same mint but from officina D. Not as nice as my other example though, which I why I chose...
Not a whole elephant but just the head of an elephant. This series of Roman Republican denarii used pairs of symbols on pairs of dies. The two...
A couple of ladies that are missing from the thread thus far. Severina:- Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:–...
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