Very nice. I do wonder why the olive branch appears only on the denarius.
Yes -- she's holding one on my coin. So you think that's what she's holding on @happy_collector's coin, and not a shield? I guess I jumped to the...
It's very useful; my only problem is that it's way too big and heavy for me to hold comfortably. No bedtime reading with that one!
Interesting that Cybele holds a shield rather than an olive-branch on this one. [Never mind -- it's a drum!]
It occurred to me that I got my first small book -- really, a booklet -- that referred to ancient coins even earlier than the ones I mentioned...
I think yours is the same 1981 3rd edition that I mentioned in another thread earlier today. It's still extremely useful as a guide to the primary...
OK. I don't want to argue with you or anyone else. My intention was not to "come at you." Just the opposite. But I'll delete my comment.
Thanks for this information to both you and @Roman Collector. Here's my example of the type. Neither Sear nor Dinsdale -- both of whom usually...
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Beautiful! Which have you been collecting longer -- these, or coins?
Me too! In real life as much as on coins
Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 22 (137/138 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Nilus...
Hadrian, AE Nome Obol, Year 11 (136/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint (for Arsinoite Nome). Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left...
I'm sure @SensibleSal66 wasn't rude intentionally; he obviously didn't know who @jamesicus is. It's simply a reminder not to jump to conclusions...
I bought my first coin books of any kind in the mid-1960s, starting when I was about 9 or 10, but didn't buy my first book exclusively about...
A beautiful coin and a wonderful write-up. It's difficult to believe that you only started collecting ancient coins a year ago!
Thanks for the fascinating write-up, as usual! I have nothing with the Lares, but here's a coin with the Penates: Roman Republic, C. Sulpicius...
I read in another thread that the problem is being worked on. I hope it's fixed soon, so we can all see your wonderful coins again!
It was a self-appellation after the fall of Constantinople. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_third_Rome
Wow, five elephants on one coin! That must be some sort of record.
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