Fantastic write-up, @Al Kowsky, with gorgeous coins illustrated! My favorite Postumus is this one, because it has the personification of the...
Helping @Mammothtooth. Here are the lots he won. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Now I have an Eric Clapton earworm!! :cool: [MEDIA]
I have one of those semi-autonomous one from the Koinon of Macedon, but it features Alexander bare-headed, with flowing locks, like an ancient...
I was the successful bidder on this tiny coin of Apameia in Phrygia. The reverse features Hecate triformis, and bears one of her titles, Soteira...
Intriguing coin, @David Atherton. There are many such coins whose mint is uncertain. Such is the case with the "branch mint" of Trebonianus...
One of three known gold examples of what is perhaps the most famous ancient coin — the “Ides of March” Roman coin — sold for £3,240,000...
It could be Domitian or Titus: Look.
Fascinating, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix! I was unaware of the current archaeological work being done at the site! I have a few from the city:...
Vespasian from Apameia, maybe??? RPC II, 1389, like this one. [ATTACH]
That is a gorgeous coin, @Curtisimo! Very desirable toning and well-struck, well-centered, and well-preserved! It's safe to say the date can be...
This is my only Gallienus of Alexandria. Late sole reign, too, so not particularly relevant. Sorry. [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon...
These Gallic emperors used reverse dies about twice as long as they should have. Sure, it's a bit ragged, but the reverse die wasn't particularly...
Tetrastyle temple with an arched pediment? It HAS to be the same temple! Very cool!!!
I have a Perseus around here somewhere ... I bought it because it's got a cool harpa on the reverse: [IMG] Perseus, 179-168 BC Greek AE 14.8 mm;...
Yes! Had it not been for all that hanging out at the mall in the 70s and 80s, I would have never become the flâneur I am today.
It's a video game token from an arcade chain known as Aladdin's Castle. I once held the high score on Donkey Kong there. Must have been about...
This town is on the list, but no CT member owned one ... until now. The city issued coins in the early Antoninine period (Antoninus Pius, Faustina...
Banduri, writing in 1718, states that "Magnia Urbica, who appears to be the wife of Carus Augustus, is known only through coins." (Magnia Urbica...
My only coin of the imperial couple is this one from Nicomedia. [IMG] Justin II and wife Sophia, AD 565-578. Byzantine Æ follis, 31.2 mm, 14.52...
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