Some of my favorite Greek bronzes: [IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC. Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested...
I have only a couple of coins depicting people on horseback. [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.82 g, 19.7 mm, 11 h....
Very cool!!! How about a chariot drawn by four lions? [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h. Rome, 21st...
I like the toning on that one! And Domitian's beard! My favorite beard portrait is this Macrinus: [IMG] Macrinus, AD 217-218. Roman AR...
There are only a few others and they are extremely rare. This is the only one I have for Faustina I in my collection. In terms of the lifetime...
Fake.
Following the death of his wife Faustina I, Antoninus Pius issued an astonishingly large series of posthumous issues in her name, dwarfing the...
[IMG] Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Roman provincial Æ assarion, 2.36 g, 16.1 mm, 12 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 218-222. Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ...
This provincial of Julia Domna from Stobi isn't the oldest coin in my collection, but I've had it for seventeen years now since I bought it from...
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[IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217 Roman provincial Æ 29.3 mm, 13.67 g, 6 h. Ionia, Ephesus, AD 193-217. Obv: CЄBACTH IOY ΔOMNA, bare-headed and...
Plate coin: [IMG] Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE. Isinda, Pisidia; AE 25.0 mm, 8.55 gm Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, Dr. bust...
I like the symbolism suggesting the continuation of the Flavian dynasty after Vespasian's death was a matter of divine providence. A historically...
That's a great example of a modern coin influenced by classical numismatic designs, @larssten! I've long been fascinated by this. Here are a...
@Claudius_Gothicus has identified it properly. It's made of a brass-like copper alloy known as orichalcum and it has been stripped down to the...
That's gorgeous, @Shea19! I love those big bronzes from Cilicia. They tend to have rough surfaces, though, and yours is truly exceptional! That's...
He'll send you the coins along with an invoice.
I bid on one coin and when the bidding went to "are you out of your mind?" levels, I let it go.
How about an ORIENS from Aurelian? [IMG] Aurelian AD 270-275. Roman silvered billon Antoninianus, 3.60 gm; 21.7 mm, 6 h. Rome mint, officina 9,...
My coins with dogs only occur in the context of Artemis/Diana hunting: [IMG] Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Roman provincial Æ 32.5 mm, 18.74 g, 6 h....
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