Younger. Faustina the Elder has a bun on the top of her head: [ATTACH]
Half dollar size. [ATTACH] Here's the sestertius and catalog info: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.87 g, 32.5...
I wanted to update this thread with a photo of a new acquisition to my collection and a discussion of this type informed by Beckmann's recent...
ΣΩTHPOΣ is the genitive singular form of ΣΩTHP, which means "savior," "deliverer," or "rescuer." The same word is used 24 times in the New...
I preordered this last month and it arrived today! [ATTACH] There is a lot to digest here. I haven't read enough to write a decent book review....
Thank you so much for looking!
Does anyone have Krzyzanowska's catalog of Antioch in Pisidia? I've tried AC search, Wildwinds, and Asia Minor coins (which seems to be down for...
The closest thing in Ruzicka is #755, which describes two upright snakes alongside the oomphalos atop the altar. [ATTACH]
I'll check Ruzicka when I get home.
I lost both Faustina coins I bid on and I considered my bids competitive.
[IMG] Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h. Rome, 2nd emission, AD 236. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped...
A countermark-forger's practice piece?
Informative article, @svessien, and an interesting reverse type! Adoptees: [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman AR Denarius, 3.21 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h....
I don't mean to be "that guy," but it's from the ANA, not the ANS. See here.
Great idea, @GregH! Here's my only Bactrian: [IMG] Hermaios and Calliope, 90-70 BC. Indo-Greek AR drachm, 16.2 mm, 1.80 gm. Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ...
The agricultural day laborers in Matthew 20:1-16 were hired to work all day for a denarius. In the Flavian period, when the author of Matthew...
Very nice, @Seated J! I occasionally buy from Great Collections, but seldom do I find any of their slabbed coins worth paying what they want for...
1182 is a middle bronze and should weigh 9 to 13 g. There is no sestertius with this reverse design with which it might be confused. I think the...
Wow! That's Faustina I, btw, and it's RIC 1182, not 1183. RIC 1182 features Aeternitas with crescent on head, advancing l., r. hand holding...
Not gold, I'm afraid. It's a copper alloy similar to brass called orichalcum. It could be Philip III.
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