Fantastic write-up, @Curtisimo! Entertaining AND informative! The most relevant coin in my collection is this one, a Roman provincial featuring a...
Plenty of Dioscuri, but no L. Cupiennius yet, so I'll post this one. Minted one year before the utter destruction of Carthage. [ATTACH] L....
[ATTACH] This is the fifth thread you've started in the past six hours! Etiquette around here is to post no more than one or two a day. You're...
That is a handsome example, @Valentinian. I have only two coins from this region -- from Roman times, of course! [IMG] Tiberius Julius...
Here are some barracks emperors with Salus reverse types! [IMG] Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Roman Æ Sestertius, 26.7 mm, 18.01 gm. Rome, AD...
Dark toning: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.41 g, 18.7 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 161-164. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right,...
Wow! That's quite a score, @zumbly! I don't know much about this coin, but I can't help but think the reverse of this coin refers to the...
Lovely coin, @Orielensis! It's not just you. Were it not for the lions at her side, better seen on this specimen of the coin (Nomos 20, lot 330,...
This interesting article, "The Phrygian Background of Kybele" by Birgitte Bøgh (Numen Vol. 54, No. 3 (2007), pp. 304-339), describes the way the...
Commodus got his dad's curly hair. [IMG] Commodus, AD 177-192. Roman AR denarius, 3.42 g, 18 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 180. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS...
Excellent acquisition, @Orfew! I know -- and love -- the feeling of finding a rarity that slips under the radar. The issues of Trebonianus Gallus...
Very nice job, @Roerbakmix!
Moneta. I wish the reverse legend were completely on the flan, but I like the coin anyway. [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-305. Roman billon follis,...
I do love some Asklepios and family! This one's my favorite because it has both Asklepios and Hygieia (and Faustina II)! [ATTACH] Faustina II,...
That's some damnatio memoriae right there!
That's a coin of Faustina II, the daughter of Antoninus Pius. It's from c. AD 147-150.
It doesn't appear to be listed in RPC. You should submit it to them.
The tripod contains the sacred apples of Apollo. I'm thinking something similar to this Pythian games issue. It looks like all of these apples and...
Fascinating!
That's Fortuna; you may read about her here.
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