Action-packed Probus quadriga: [IMG] Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.15 g, 22.05 mm, 6 h. Serdica, 4th officina, 4th emission,...
The board moves pretty quickly, so we try to limit our posts to one, or occasionally two, per day so we don't bump our friends' posts to page 2...
A CONCORDIA reverse type. Various obverse inscriptions and hairstyles on those.
Sadly and astonishingly, I don't.
I don't know if that's a personification of winter. I do know it's the time of the season for loving! Love that little quadrans! [MEDIA]
2000 years ago, it took all day for a common laborer to earn this little silver coin, dime-sized but thicker: [ATTACH] It's worth about $80 on...
Great coin, @David Atherton! It's always a thrill to find a rare variety, particularly if its price reflects how underappreciated it is. This...
They may be waiting on an export license. Just this morning, I got a shipping notification from Naumann for items won at their April 4 auction.
Eternal Rome personified: [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.56 g, 21.1 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 4th officina, 3rd series,...
[IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h. Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate,...
Monogram: [IMG] Mn. Fonteius C.f., 85 BC. Roman AR Denarius, 3.97 g, 21.0 mm, 5h. Rome mint. Obv: MN. FONTEI C. F, Laureate head of...
[IMG] [IMG] Very nice! Wow! What a collection of Republican Mars coins! [IMG]
Unlike mardi, the French word for Tuesday, which is similar to the Latin Martis diēs ("day of Mars), the etymology of the English word for this...
It's bronze and therefore not a quinarius. It's a bit lightweight for a quadrans, too. I suspect some sort of Greek bronze denomination.
Is that "something else for which you looked at the reference and thought 'I wonder what that is? - I should really quote references I have!'"???
Very cool!
Cool! That one even has an R for Ryro above the bull!! Thank you for all your insightful comments and for sharing your example of the OP coin...
Very nice, @Orielensis! You may be interested in this article I wrote about Venus Caelestis and your coin. I have also written about the many...
This is a new acquisition for my tiny numophylacium reipublicae. Between the absence on the market of affordable Faustina coins I don't already...
Nice one, @JayAg47! These Gallic emperors used reverse dies about twice as long as they should have. It's very unusual to find a Tetricus II...
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