[ATTACH] Julia Maesa Augusta, A.D. 218-224/5 Silver Denarius Antioch mint? Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG Rev: PVDICITA - Pudicita, seated left, raising...
We recently had a post about the 10 most important ancient coins ever minted. An interesting tangent might be: who were the 10 most important...
This tiny bronze fellow has a very strange reverse. I'm not even sure which way is up, so I rotated it 4 different ways in the photo. Does anyone...
Could that be a ram's head on the obverse? With an off center quatripartite incuse punch? Klazomenai, in Ionia?
That's it! Thank you, shanxi.
Yes, that is definitely the same coin. Thank you. I'm curious, what search terms did you use to find it? Also, does anyone know what the D D...
Here's the second one. One would think that with the large D D on the reverse this would be easy, but after 6+ months I'm still unable to find an...
After collecting Roman Imperial coins for the past 15-20 years, I've decided to delve into Greek coins. Over the course of this year I have won...
Ah! That makes sense. Thank you. Ryro, I think I saw your coin on Wildwinds. It's one of the photos that convinced me my coin was legitimate.
I am not sure what you mean by this. Was Julia the given/family name of Augustus' wife?
As a corollary to the above discussion, I find it interesting that that most expensive Roman Imperial coins tend to be of people who had the least...
I recently received this coin of Julia Augusta from CNG: [IMG] It was listed as: Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (27mm,...
#3, the Decadrachm from Syracuse, should look like this: [ATTACH] CNG has one listed in the upcoming Triton auction is January.
Triton T3 or T2 digital scales are both very good and inexpensive.
If I hand to start from scratch, I would probably start with the Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins by David van Meter. It's out of print, but used...
I just checked Google translate, which I probably should have done before posting the last message. Caracalla is Latin for "hooded."
I believe Caracalla was named for a red cloak that he often wore as a child. but I don't know exactly what Caracalla translates to.
Welcome aboard. Feel free to ask more questions as they arise. Most of us are here because we love talking about ancient coins. (And yes, some of...
Here's a pretty beaten up dupondius with a not-particularly-felix Venus: [IMG] Rome mint, A.D. 178-180 Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA Rev: VENUS - Venus,...
A Valerian having--thankfully, from the family's perspective--nothing to do with Persia: [ATTACH] Silver Double Denarius Antioch mint, A.D. 253...
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