Second "coin" is a copy of the "Tribute Penny" (a denarius of the Roman emperor Tiberius). Third "coin" looks like it's based on the Persian...
That is a beautiful coin, and I (like everyone else here, I imagine) would be proud to have it in my collection. Congratulations @Sallent on your...
Here's an obol of the Parthian king Orodes II (57- 38 BC), 10 mm diameter: (not a great photo, but it's hard to get good focus on such a tiny...
Nice coin, @Deacon Ray ! I have a fondness for Vespasian- he's always seemed to me to be the most approachable (on a personal level) of the "12...
Nice write-up @Sallent ! Here's an Elagabalus I posted a couple of months ago, a provincial AE from Berytus (modern Beirut, Lebanon) with reverse...
Here's a very common Constantine I AE with campmate reverse, but I kind of dig the jade patina: [ATTACH]
I have about 300 Chinese cash coins that I mostly acquired 10+ years ago, but they are mostly catalogued by the outdated Schjoth system. I just...
Cool! I have a few barbarous LRB, my favorite is this imitation of Constantine I with reverse of two Victories inscribing shield over altar: [ATTACH]
The top one says it's "orginal" but an "orginal" what I don't know- it doesn't seem to resemble any official Persian/Iranian coin from any time...
I have a copy of this book that I recently acquired as part of a group lot of books about the Roman Empire, but I haven't gotten around to reading...
Very nice coin, but... are you sure that's not Bob Ross on the obverse? ;)
Thought I'd share my latest coin, a Parthian obol of Orodes II. [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR obol (10mm, 0.52g). Orodes II (57-38 BC)....
@Bob L. : Very nice group of Parthian tets in the OP! Of course, if anyone on this site would enjoy a large group of very similar Parthian coins,...
Happy birthday! I have a few Trajans to share (well, I will share pictures, the actual coins stay with me ;) : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
If I were forced to guess, I would say it was Roman, and based on a subjective examination of the portrait most likely from either Vespasian or...
My favorite sestertius overall is probably this Trajan: [ATTACH] The reverse features Trajan presenting Parthamaspates as his client king for the...
@Carthago : Sadly you are correct, the type specimen (first one scientifically described) of Spinosaurus was destroyed in WWII when a stray bomb...
Well, coprolite. I got hung up on the portrait (which does look more like Elagabalus' than the much more elongated face of Ant. Pius from his...
Oh, and two notable royal collectors were King Farouk of Egypt (reigned 1936- 1952) and King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (reigned 1900- 1946)....
1. Severus Alexander (222-235) 2. The "Antoninus Pius" on this coin is the emperor better known to modern historians as Elagabalus (218- 222), not...
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