Just two bronze coins of Tiberius, one from Lyons, the other one from Antioch [ATTACH] As or dupondius, Lugdunum (Lyons, France), AD 12-14. AE 27...
[ATTACH] I'm sure this Philip Philadelphus tetradrachm of Antioch was minted later, under some Roman governor of Syria. But which one? The date is...
Last spring I was in Rome and of course took some time to visit some places one more time, taking pictures with my smartphone. In the Forum I took...
[ATTACH] Galatia-Pontus, Amasea ; Caracalla, AD 205/6. AE 30 mm, 16.65 g, 6 h. Obv. : AY KAI M AYP ANTΩNINO[c] , laureate, draped and cuirassed...
[ATTACH] Postumus, AE 22 mm, 5.20 g, somewhere in Gaul 266-270. Obv. : illegible legend (mostly off-flan), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of...
[ATTACH] It's a silver drachm of the Vologases III type (105-147). A long reign which was plagued in the late 110s by a catastrophe: a Roman...
[ATTACH] Honorius, AE 4, Antioch mint, 402-408. Obv.: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing pearl-diadem Rev.: GLORI-A...
[ATTACH] What is the curious belt Sol seems to be wearing on antoniniani of Postumus and Victorinus ?
Nice sestertius : AE 66 mm, 176.38 g. Well... that's way too large and too heavy , it's probably a modern fake ;) ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The...
[ATTACH] Vitellius (69), Rome, AR denarius Obv.: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right Rev.: XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod topped by...
This pentanummion (a 5 nummia coin) circulated in Antioch under Justin I (518-527). It represents the centuries-old statue of the Tyche of...
Ancient Roman very rare coins are generally unaffordable, when they are official imperial coins, and not, of course, mere mules. But there are...
It's not about coins. It's about something I saw two weeks ago, this monumental sculpture by the Columbian artist César Hénao, erected last year...
[ATTACH] AE 26 mm, 7.40 g Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM (counter-clockwise), laureate head right Rev.: no legend, eagle on globe, [ S ] C....
[ATTACH] Claudius, Sidon (Phoenicia), AE 23 mm, 9.47 g, 12 h. 51/2 AD. Obv.: laureate head of Claudius, right Rev.: ΣΙΔΩΝΟ[Σ ΘΕΑΣ], L ΒΞΡ (in...
[ATTACH] Sometimes in history great empires rise and fall, great peoples with former great accomplishments become a bunch of idiots. In 1734...
On the side of the french motorways there are brown signs showing local places of touristic interest (monuments, nature, etc.). The places you can...
I already posted these two coins two years ago as a reply. I'd like to repost them now as a thread, in case somebody could tell me more about...
[ATTACH] Caracalla (198-217), antoninianus. Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front Rev.: P M TR...
[ATTACH] Valerian (253-260), sestertius. AE 30 mm, 16.85 g. Rome, 255-256 Obv.: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: Laureate and cuirassed bust, right...
Separate names with a comma.
