Nero Temple of Vesta Denarius, bankers mark on reverse.[ATTACH] Next VESTA
JUDEA, NEAPOLIS, Elagabalus 218-222 AD, 21.5mm, 10.3gm, Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar.[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] DIVUS ANTONINUS PIUS, posthumous issue Marcus Aurelius, 162 AD Sestertius, 19 gm. RIC III 1269. Next DIVUS.
NIKOPOLIS AD ISTRUM. City gate with arched building within, Septimius Severus 193-211 AD, 27.32mm, 13.39gm, Moushmov 931.[ATTACH] NICOPOLIS....
Thanks, if you look at the bridge and eye of Constantine you will notice some patina rub........that was me, dropped it a couple of times one on...
That's one very historically important coin you have there, with great detail. Terrific catch, worthy avatar chrsmat71.
Thanks I am glad you like them, I took about 1200 pics so there's heaps more, maybe I can filter a few more in as threads permit......:rolleyes:
MOPSUS Cilicia, Valerian 255-256 AD. River god Pyramus, holding cornucopia, reclining left on river bridge consisting of five arches, triumphal...
Macrinus and Diadumenian, Thrace, Marcianopolis, Triumphal arch with for statues. 25.46mm, 11.91, 217-218 AD[ATTACH] Marcianopolis, Julia Domna...
That's about the time we were there, great city.
C MINUCIUS AUGURINUS AR Denarius, Column between two togate figures, C AVG above, 3.86gm, 19mm.[ATTACH] Next Theme TOGATE.
Radiate figure on rostral column, TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII PP, TITUS RIC 10, AD 79,[ATTACH] [ATTACH]Next Theme COLUMN.
Thanks Curtisimo, the British museum also has an interesting way of displaying their coins, instead of just having display cases of coins after...
Great pics of the arch, come to think of it when I walked under it the first time I visited Rome 2012, I didn't look up probably to awe inspired...
Thanks I was asleep at the wheel.....must have been on holiday when this thread started..:shame:
I'le throw one on as well, but OP is a hard act to follow. My one is after 10 BC but before OP example....mid range of the long issue.[ATTACH]
Cult statue within temple seen in perspective, shield in pediment trees in background. Elagabel. Nicopolis.[ATTACH] Next theme SHIELD.
One of the best examples I have ever seen, beautiful coin and so well struck congrats SwK on a fantastic coin.
Love that coin ro.
Thanks, my Vespasian and Domitian denarius are a little worn, but you seem to have done well at 90 dollars a coin, by the time I paid fees and...
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