Nice denarius of a great emperor. Here is a sestertius honoring him after his death. AE Sestertius 21.70g. 31mm. Struck under Commodus c. 180-182...
Thanks Ancient A., just added to that post that that dude was The last of the Holy Roman Emperors!
OK, since we are going super modern[ATTACH] [ATTACH] here is: MARIE ANTOINETTE(126): actually her nephew from Germany Franciscus II. The year he...
[ATTACH] One more glaring omission was MITHRADATES VI who also issued coins. He had to be at least as influential as those later Romans. Many...
[ATTACH] Now this guy didn't make the list since he has been deified but back in the time of Alexander and the early Caesars he would have been on...
[ATTACH] Alexander the Great lifetime issue in Babylon right before he died.Hemidrachma
Great post Curtisimo the great. Surprised you don't have a lifetime issue[ATTACH][/ATTACH] [ATTACH] of Alexander. Here is my double whamo:...
That looks even closer, thanks Zumbly
Thank You for the pointers Doug. Much appreciated.
like this:[ATTACH] Looks like a LRB reverse?
Rotate that one 90 degrees to the left(counter-clockwise) and a Roman(?) expert here could probably c ID it for you.
That could be a Roman obverse bust. Reverse? side
Maybe like this? indian Sultunae of Gujjarit- a longshot guess.[IMG]
That's good. It will make the ID much easier for the experts here. For me, not a clue. Actually the second side looks a little Arabic/Islamic...
Is there another side to the coin?(how often do we get to say that here on CTancients?) @Ryro did you sell the one you posted recently to this new...
I didn't geta it at first!
[ATTACH] I Think you all are right on. he does look like Augustus. Tiberius and Nero have bigger noses that are more kind of beaked. Trajan and...
Thanks you all. Could anyone recommend a good single page view of all the Roman Emperor's busts from the first century or two to use as a...
Anyone's best guess on who this emperor is? Hadrian? Trajan?[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
you just dug that one up?
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