In the coin I posted on page 1 of this thread, you can see both a double chin and a receding hairline.
Are you sure she's riding backward? It looks more to me like she might be riding side-saddle, like Dea Caelestis in this coin -- in other words,...
I was born in Manhattan a little more than 60 years ago, the child of a German-Jewish Holocaust survivor who finally was able to come to this...
Julian II (nephew of Constantine I), AR Siliqua. 360-361 A.D, Arles [Constantina/Arelatum] Mint, 1st Officina. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and...
Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD, Arabia Bostra (or Rome*) Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, with paludamentum,...
My only Valerian I: Valerian I, Silvered Billon Antoninianus, 257 AD, Milan Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, IMP VALERIANVS P...
It's been 24 hours without a response, so here's a new request: please post a coin or coins showing Diana (or Artemis) and an animal of any kind,...
Good! I've bought a number of coins from Ken Dorney and have always been very happy with them. I didn't think for a moment that he would charge...
Has your coin arrived yet? Did you confirm that it's a didrachm?
All the photos you've posted are so poor that there's no possible way to determine anything from them.
There are a lot of reliable dealers on VCoins.
I hope that's not what he really looked like! I mean, Ptolemy I had quite a prominent chin, but he was no Leopold I Hogmouth.
It does kind of look like that. If so, I wonder why.
Well, perhaps it wasn't universal, but a lot of them continued to use Ptolemy I on the obverse. See the descriptions in Sear's catalogue of Greek...
Sorry, I had already started writing my Ptolemy thread before I saw yours! In any event, a great write-up and an attractive coin. Is that still...
I suppose I'm following in the footsteps of @lordmarcovan's recent thread. I didn't post there because although I had already ordered this coin,...
When I began this thread more than a month ago, I had no Hostilian to contribute. Now I do. So here he is, ready to rejoin his family after...
I've posted my coins of Constantine I and his four sons so recently that I don't feel like repeating them here. Instead, here is a link to my...
There are quite a few Roman Provincial coins minted in Alexandria under Hadrian (and maybe others for all I know), with Greek legends, showing...
What a beautiful portrait. Is there a consensus now on whether she was the wife of Carus or Carinus?
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