The letters S R begin to appear on the coins during the reign of Septimius Severus. At first they occurred only on coins of sestertius size, but...
Very nice! Here's a VENVS VICTRIX of the fellow's wife featuring a more peaceful reverse scene. [ATTACH] Plautilla, AD 202-205. Roman AR...
Let's see your Antonine coins with "all-round" legends or anything you feel is relevant! As Strack notes,[1] a change in the style of...
That's a gorgeous sestertius, @Finn235, and its reverse type is historically important. I don't have anything so significant, but here's one...
Very nice Marcus Aurelius! Now you just need a coin of his wife. And one of his cousin. And one of his step-sister. And you can get all three in...
[IMG] Anonymous--Domitian to Antoninus Pius. Roman Æ quadrans, 12.9 mm, 2.37 g, 4 h Rome, A.D. 81-161. Obv: Bust of Venus, diademed, draped,...
I think this is a really good hypothesis that well explains what we are witnessing on this issue.
Sand patina or ... [MEDIA]
[IMG] Delmatius, as Caesar, AD 335-337. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.47g, 16.4 mm, 1 h. Siscia, AD 336-337. Obv: FL DELMATIVS NOB C,...
@Mammothtooth -- It's important to evaluate a coin in terms of its historical context. By the reign of Trajan Decius, the "silver" coins had...
Here's my most photogenic Vespasian: [IMG] Vespasian, AD 69-79. Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g, 18.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 73. Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M...
That's an outstanding sub-collection, @Al Kowsky! Real stunners there! I have just a couple. [IMG] Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305. Roman...
This one finally arrived from Germany in today's mail and I photographed it today. I don't claim to be a professional photographer -- I use my...
It means "unidentifiable 4th century AE4."
I think it's Hadrian, not Sabina, because she doesn't have the big curl of hair at the front of her coiffure. See these, for example. [ATTACH]...
Really? In all sincerity, I thought I was being complimentary. I had not considered we may have been witnessing the development of syncretism and...
[IMG] L. Cupiennius, 147 BC. Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h. Rome, 147 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae...
Probably this one. [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman Æ as or dupondius, 12.05 g, 25.3 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 156-158. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA,...
You're right! Good eye! Triga, maybe? A die-engraver who couldn't count? It IS a biga on other examples, though.
When you said "tiny," you weren't kidding, @JayAg47! What a fun coin!
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