[ATTACH] Caracalla, struck 213 at Rome. Libertas standing left holding cap of liberty (pileus) and holding scepter in left. PM TRP XVI COS IIII...
[ATTACH] Hadrian's travel series: GERMANIA. Next: A victory against the Germans
[ATTACH] The late Republic has quite a few unoccupied curule chairs like this one: L. Livineius Regulus. 42 BC. curule chair, three fasces...
That is an excellent example from a special year at its mint, year 16 at Antioch. For the reason it is special, see my site at this spot:...
@Milesofwho , year 15 coins of Justinian are large. What is the maximum diameter of yours? By year 31, @Mat 's is only 32 mm. My year 15 is 40-38...
Theme: Cleopatra VII [ATTACH] 26 mm. 80 drachma Minted at Alexandria, Egypt. This type is famous for showing her nose which does not make it...
Yes, that's always a problem when bidding in auctions, especially those in Europe when shipping can be 15 GPB or 18 euros to the US on a small...
That is an interesting and useful page. I added a link and recommendation to it on my page.
@lucag123 , if you take photos of dark coins on a white background you may have difficulty getting the details of the coins to show--the coins...
I have a web site on these anonymous coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/MaximinusII/ Here is one from my page: [ATTACH] 17 mm. No legend,...
[ATTACH] Gordian II, 238-244, struck 241 for his marriage to Tranquillina. VENVS VICTRIX "Venus Victrix, the triumphant queen of love, is...
If you haven't had the Julian II bull type in hand you might not realize it is 4 mm larger than a US quarter. It is a big coin. [ATTACH] Julian...
@dlhill132 has an excellent Valerian II, IOVI CRESCENTI. It is hard to find one that nice. I settled for a much weaker one that arrived today:...
I'll go out on a limb and say I think the coin is wonderful and virtually without tooling--not enough (if any) to require disclosure. If you begin...
@David@PCC noted the reverse legend naming Manuel I: MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOTHC (Manuel, Despot = Manuel, Emperor) On the OP coin you can see the "HΛ" at...
That one has an interesting half-and-half hairstyle. The top is in horizontal waves like the first one of mine above and the bottom is vertical...
Herennia's portraits are often not flattering. (See the coins in the previous posts.) However it is possible to find a coin on which she is...
I found the OP photos pretty dark so I brightened them: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Maybe @ancient coin hunter can tell us if these look more, or less,...
Here is my page on portraits of the four emperors of the first tetrarchy on GENIO POPVLI ROMANI coins, organized by mint:...
Thinking? What's that? No, I just figured from the dates he was the next guy. I guess I should not have said "calif." I know some things about...
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