I would also suggest posting a photo, and starting a new thread to do so.
I decided to take quick photos of one of my Napoleonic medals, just to show how directly the reverse designs on such medals can follow numismatic...
This small 17th century English medal doesn't imitate the design of any specific ancient coin as far as I know, but there are elements in its...
Great coins! By the way, that's not a soldier on the reverse of the second coin -- I know that RIC made that mistake a lot. It's Virtus herself,...
I applaud your interest and efforts, @AussieCollector. And I think everyone else has posted fantastic coins in this thread. Roman Republican...
I meant collect for themselves! Given their own great personal wealth.
1920. Interesting. I didn't know that Italy was harking back to Ancient Rome already, even before Mussolini.
@Roman Collector, I realize now that your coin actually does read SAECVLARHS AUG on the reverse. Did you know that this variety or error has its...
All very nice. Regarding the Julia Domna/Isis denarius, you may also be interested in my own post about my example, at...
I've found a couple of provenances (none very old) for Roman Republican coins in the new Schaefer Roman Republican Die Project database accessible...
I wonder how many wealthy hedge fund managers and other Wall Street types collect coins. Or CEOs of big corporations.
Thanks. I like to try to include the full names of sources in my coin descriptions for my personal catalog, to remind myself of what all the...
Thank you. And while of course I will never condone hijacking as a regular practice, I love the rhino on your coin. I've been tempted several...
That was my reaction as well when I first saw the coin. I wonder how much it resembles the actual legionary emblem. Although I suppose that when...
I notice that the reverse legend reads SAECVLARES AVG, just like the animal coins of Philip I issued less than 20 years earlier on the occasion of...
If it's from 270-230 BCE, it doesn't antedate Philip II. The one from Macedon, anyway!
I have only two: Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint....
I guess it makes sense that a legion with Minerva as part of its name would use her image as its emblem. There's also one in the series with...
Nothing to do with Bob Marley. Just that if the name Ziggy makes me think of anyone famous, it might be Freud. But enough hijacking of...
Freud? Actually, he already had the name when I adopted him as a kitten, and it seemed to fit, so I kept it.
Separate names with a comma.
