They're all great, but my favorite is the Emesa stone coin. I am envious! Out of all my Roman Republican coins, I don't have a single one showing...
The two Lucius Veruses and the Marcus Aurelius sestertius didn't really show up at all well in the tray photos -- I'm a bit surprised at how well...
I've posted all or most of these before, but never all together, and I thought I'd try that. Even though of course they can't be seen nearly as...
Like most of us, I have so many Roma coins it's very difficult to choose! So I'll limit myself to a few that are unusual in one way or another...
I think your Severus Alexander is the same type as mine?
My newest Mars, purchased last month and not posted before now: (I couldn't resist the little smile on Severus Alexander's face!) Severus...
Wow, that's great. Thanks for posting it.
I meant only that it would be seen as a contradiction to many a modern eye. The Romans didn't see it as such, and nor do I. Technically, though, I...
My example of an Istros inverted heads/eagle catching dolphin drachm: [ATTACH] Next A dolphin with another living being that's not a human or...
And often that's the case, and sometimes "a soldier" is what's shown. Not always, though. And keep in mind that a coin can show the (female)...
Totally amazing! I salute you.
I understand, but a lot of references (including RIC) consistently get that wrong. They simply don't look closely enough, and miss obvious clues...
I think that your second coin depicts Virtus.
I think that perhaps only the first of these definitely depicts Virtus herself rather than the Emperor, Mars, or a soldier.
What an odd tune for 1948. Sounds more like 1928, not that I'm any kind of historian of that sort of thing.
My one directly relevant coin, the Mamilius Limetanus denarius with Mercury on the obverse and Ulysses & Argus on the reverse: [ATTACH]
I suspect you're correct that your "average viewer" back then may not have distinguished that precisely among all the various aspects of Juno....
Isn't that actually a portrait of Ptolemy I himself, which was often used in subsequent generations?
@Roman Collector, soon you'll be right there in the trenches battling me and others for new Roman Republican coins! Anyway, thanks for your...
A very nice coin & write-up. I'll skip the relatives for now -- there are so many! -- but here's my one Julia Soaemias, with an obverse much...
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