Just a quick note to let you know that both coins are ex-my collection, some of which I had to part with due to job loss etc. Glad to know that...
I have only just received my own largest ancient. Nothing as large as that huge lump that Doug illustrates but still quite a decent size....
The practice of dating their coins in Egypt pre-dates the Romans. Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom also carry the regnal year. Ptolemaic Kingdom,...
I know that I am new here but I hope that you don't mind me sharing some bits from my collection of ancients. This one is one of my favourites...
Another couple of ladies missing from the thread... Fausta:- Obv:– FLAV • MAX • FAVSTA AVG, Draped bust right Rev:– SPES REIPVBLICAE, Spes...
Well a little like buses here is another... from the same mint but from officina D. Not as nice as my other example though, which I why I chose...
Not a whole elephant but just the head of an elephant. This series of Roman Republican denarii used pairs of symbols on pairs of dies. The two...
A couple of ladies that are missing from the thread thus far. Severina:- Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:–...
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