Interesting one, @Factor. I have no coins from Philippopolis in Arabia, but only from Philippopolis in Thrace, named after a different Philip. I...
Wow! That's quite an assemblage of Marc Antony, @Michael Stolt! I only have one depicting the man: [ATTACH] Antony and Octavia. AR...
Saturday night and I'm trying to take a decent photo of an antoninianus of Trebonianus Gallus that isn't exactly photogenic. It's a tad on the...
What a great write-up, @jamesicus!! Historically important coins, too! Alas, I have no restoration coinage of Titus. :(
My favorite Hercules-themed coins are those of this husband/wife pair. [IMG] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g,...
ALL ancient coins have been cleaned. They have been buried in the ground for more than a millenium.
Sorry, @ancient coin hunter, but @Choucas beat you to it and we're on "another legend error." This is my favorite spelling error -- VINO REGINA...
[IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h. Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ;...
Ain't nothing more Constantinopolis than a Constantinopolis Commemorative minted in Constantinople! [ATTACH] RIC vii p. 582, 79. Next: A...
This one is ex-Houghton: [IMG] Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV. Selucia in Pieria, 175-164 BC. AE 3.33 gm; 15...
That's interesting, @David Atherton. As I primarily collect the 2nd and 3rd centuries, I don't have many quinarii/Victoriati. But I do have one of...
Great write-up, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix! Handsome coins, too! Severus Alexander's attempts to improve the currency are attested by dupondii...
I think he is suggesting 1 January 176 as the date of the medallions, indicating she died late in 175.
We know that Faustina II died sometime during the winter of 175-176, at Halala, a small town in the Taurus Mountains of Cappadocia, where Marcus...
[IMG] Phrygia, Apameia, ca. 88-40 BC. Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 8.54 g, 12 h. Magistrate Attalos, son of Bianoros. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev:...
The only sestertius I have of Max Thrax in my collection. Dude looks really acromegalic on this one: [IMG] Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Roman Æ...
I'd like to dedicate this song to Philip II ... [MEDIA]
What a nice gift! Handsome coin!
Lovely coins, @DonnaML! I like the plowman types. I'm an imperial collector, myself. But I do have some republican issues, too. Here's the first...
[IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ...
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