J is an easy letter for an ancient and medieval coin alphabet game. Much easier than W when we shall get there... What will I post? [ATTACH]...
When a student I bought some day in the Near East a similar Sabina denarius, but much more worn by circulation... [ATTACH] What I liked in this...
[ATTACH] I for Italica (Santiponce near Seville, Spain), semis of Drusus Jr. minted AD 19-23 Obv.: [DRVSV]S CAESAR TI. [AVG. F.] , bare head of...
[ATTACH] AE4 of Honorius - 406-408, Antioch mint. On reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM, Honorius, Arcadius and Theodosius II.
Sorry, but this is not an ancient coin.
Yees !!! The Roman war-galley seen in perspective from three-quarters... What a perfect specimen of this interesting denarius! Perfectly centred,...
[ATTACH] F is for Fakes... Sestertii of Sabina and Pertinax, denarius of Maximinus Thrax, aureus of Manlia Scantilla, all fakes. The aureus is...
very good coin ! from the pictures I see nothing suspect, I like it.
Actually it's not Fost(u)lus but Fostlus. The magistrate's name was Sextus Pompeius Fostlus. Fostlus was a popular phonetic spelling for the...
on reverse : Hygeia and Asclepius.
[ATTACH] Faustina senior, sestertius (AE 31 mm, 20.41 g) RIC III Antoninus Pius 1146Ac
[ATTACH] Denarius of Titus, Rome, with bankers' marks. Next : Titus
don't forget the Yehud silver coins of the 4th c. BC !
imagine the interesting study a real archaeologist could make about a site where you can pick up 13 Roman coins in one day...
[ATTACH] What about Elagabalus, now?
[ATTACH]A follis of Diocletian, minted in Antioch
[ATTACH] Seleucid Kingdom: Demetrios II Nikator (146-138 BC).
C is for Carthage... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Maximinus Daia (309-313), reduced follis (312), Antioch, 5th officina. Obv.: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laur. head right Rev.:...
72 hrs let's try some Late Roman coinage [ATTACH] Valens, siliqua, Trier mint Obv.: D N VALEN-S P F AVG, diad., draped and cuirassed bust right...
Separate names with a comma.
