It has been difficult to find the right wording on my page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html Now I changed it to read:...
Deleted. Doug is right.
[ATTACH] 17 mm. 3.94 grams. Crawford dates it to 113/112. Bust of Roma left with spear and shield, crescent above, ROMA behind/voting scene, a...
[ATTACH] Chimera, on a coin of Sikyon in the Peloponessos, not far from Corinth. Dove flying left in olive wreath Stater. 23-21 mm. 11.97 grams....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] An official coin followed by a fourree of the same type. These are the first coins on my site about anicent...
[ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117 Trajan's column 20-18 mm. Denarius. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI Struck 116 Sear II 3151 Still in Rome (Photo from 2009):...
@Silver Eagle , welcome! CoinTalk has had many good threads for beginners. I recommend you read this FAQ site:...
@borgovan, start here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ Surely you don't know anywhere near all about US coins, but what you don't know is all...
Ephesos in Ionia (western Asia Minor) minted coins with a bee as the obverse type: [ATTACH] 18 mm. Drachm. 3.54 grams. E Φ either side (for...
[ATTACH] Augustus, 27-14 AD. Struck at Caesaraugusta, Spain 8-1 BC. 27 mm. 12.53 grams. Laureate head left, simpulum and lituus to left priest...
There are many GG coins under Septimius Severus: [ATTACH] ADVENTVS AVGG Denarius. 19 mm. 3.35 grams. Sear II 6255. RIC 248. Struck 202 and...
There is a 1969 book by G. O. Matsson, The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes on the Ancient coins of Bible Lands. Hardcover, 265 pages including 8 page...
[ATTACH] Sicily, Himera (a city on the middle of the north coast) "430-420 BC" (very early for copper). 21 mm. 12.99 grams. (Remarkably thick...
GGG can refer to an issue shared by three emperors, such as this one: AE3. CONCORDIA AVGGG Roma seated, helmeted head left, holding globe on...
This thread is old but one devoted to Gorgon types, so the most relevant thread for this coin. [ATTACH] AE16. 4.47 grams. Macedonian shield with...
[ATTACH] AE18. 4.17 grams. Suessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy. 280-268 BC. Helmeted Athena head left. Rooster right Next: Campania
Oops! Others beat me to it. I was responding to @dougsmit . [ATTACH] Augustus/Rhoematalkes, c. 11 BC - AD 12. King of Thrace. 19 mm. 4.10 grams....
True. It was cast. The vast majority of official ancient coins were not cast, so they form an exception.
Here is a bold Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) tetradrachm: [ATTACH] 24 mm. 17.13 grams. Head of Hercules in lion-skin headdress right Zeus...
Aretas IV and Shaqilath, c. 9 BC - 40 AD. [ATTACH] 18-16 mm. 3.54 grams. Nabataen letters for "whole" unit. Crossed cornucopiae. Legend in three...
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