I have more post-reform coins of Diocletian, but do have this pre-reform one to show. [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-304 Roman AE Antoninianus; 19.4...
Cool coins, @ambr0zie! What's cooler than a headless Medusa!?
I've had this denarius of Faustina II for many years, which features her with the "four rows wave pattern" hairstyle (Beckmann type 9; p. 91) ......
Wow, @Orfew! A cistophorus no less! Go big or go home, as they say! My Domitia coins are all provincial bronzes. This is the nicest -- a twofer...
Interesting reverse inscription, "perpetual Rome"! Here's the more commonly encountered "eternal Rome": [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253....
This one's a double righty: [IMG] Philip II of Macedon. AE 6.30 gm; 18.6 mm. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo, r. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback...
No. It's upside down in the Naumann auction listing.
Fantastic find, @David Atherton! Well done! This one is unlisted (though I'm still waiting for the relevant volume of RPC to be published) and...
TGIFF!! [IMG] Today's Faustina Friday is a little out of the ordinary because it begins with a coin in the numophylacium of @David Atherton,...
[IMG] Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, 253 CE. Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g, 7 h. Mysia, Parium, AD 253. Obv: G CORN SUPERA,...
Nice sub-collection, @Al Kowsky! Very attractive examples! Here are a few: [IMG] Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305. Roman silvered billon follis,...
Well-known and common variant. Considered the same catalog number by RPC online. See examples 16, 17, and 18 here, all in the collection of the...
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Here's a lion with a bucranium. Lions often seem to appear with bucrania, but I'm not sure why. Does anybody know? [IMG] Septimius Severus, AD...
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Wow! A decent Laelianus is a challenge to find. That's an emperor who is still lacking in my collection. Coingratulations!
That's interesting, @Victor_Clark. Mine's a common two Victories type. [IMG] Magnentius, AD 350-353. Roman billon heavy maiorina, 4.68 g, 20.1...
[IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon tetradrachm, 8.70 g, 23 mm. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 266/7.Obv: AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄB, laureate and...
That's an interesting type, @bcuda. Mine is more pedestrian. [IMG] Licinius II, Caesar, AD 317-324. Roman Æ follis, 3.36 g, 17.55 mm, 5 h....
An important part of a Severan Dynasty collection! Well done, @Andres2! This thread needs some bronze! [IMG] Julia Maesa, Augusta AD 218-225....
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