Flans were not standardized until well into the modern era and scales were not accurate to fractions of a gram until then, either. In ancient...
Thanks to members such as @TIF and @DonnaML, I've developed a fascination for chariots drawn by animals other than horses. I have a goat biga, a...
Very nice examples, @Gam3rBlake! Given the reverse type for Antoninus Pius you chose to acquire, you might be interested in this post I made in...
[IMG] Eudoxia, AD 395-404. Roman billon Æ 4 reduced centenionalis, 1.94 g, 14.9 mm. Cyzicus, AD 402-404. Obv: AEL EVDOXIA AVG, diademed and draped...
This one is a new acquisition and there isn't enough to say about it to make for an interesting installment of Faustina Friday, so I'm posting it...
[IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 20.0 mm, 5.91 g, 6 h. Phrygia, Hierapolis, c. AD 158-165. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ,...
I love the feel and heft of a well-used sestertius in hand! That coin is a testament to the prosperity of the second century. Think of all the...
Very nice! That's an early issue for her. Here's mine -- it weighs quite a bit less. I like the Palladium on it. [IMG] Julia Soaemias, AD...
Macrinus is not impressed. [ATTACH]
No Elagabalus Victory reverse types for me, sad to say. Here's an antoninianus, though: [IMG] Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Roman AR Antoninianus,...
@ambr0zie has shown a few coins from the various structures at the funereal complexes of the Antonine dynasty. Here are a couple more. These...
Otacilia provincial: [IMG] Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Roman provincial Æ 27.3 mm, 10.85 g, 5 h. Ionia, Metropolis, AD 244-249. Obv: ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑ...
Never mind. I thought we were on Philip II.
Well, the listing for that exact coin at Naumann auction 30, lot 349, 5 April 2015 gives a reference for SNG Righetti 1089. The difference between...
One advantage to reading it in electronic book format. Your OCD doesn't care about this. This bothers me more than it should. Beckmann's two...
Awww!! It's Athena without her helmet and in a nightgown holding baby Rudolph!!! [ATTACH]
Wow, @Antonius Britannia! I have no imperial quinarii, either. I only have this Republican one. [IMG] Gaius Egnatuleius, c.f. 97 BC. Roman...
Thank you for the kind words, @Andres2. Those semi-autonomous issues of the Macedonian koinon are attractive, yours especially. I think it's...
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you found it interesting. That's an interesting coin. It identifies the city in which it was minted --...
Marcus Aurelius received tribunician power the same day his wife was declared Augusta -- 1 December, AD 147, the day after she delivered her first...
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