I’ll take an Aby-Dos Equis! :joyful:
My most photogenic Mars coin is this denarius of Trajan. [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117 Roman AR denarius; 2.95 gm, 20 mm Rome, AD 114-117 Obv: IMP...
Sometimes the goat faces left: [IMG] It's part of Gallienus's popular zoo series. Read more about it here. Read about the officina markings on...
[ATTACH] A blindfolded, armed Cupid (1452/66) by Piero della Francesca. [ATTACH] Caravaggio's Amor Vincit Omnia, 1601–1602. Ah, Cupid! This...
That's no mistake! That's lovely! And from CNG to boot!
I am very skeptical of the Faustina, which would catalog as RIC 1114; BMCRE 1505; Cohen 55; Strack 1258; Sear 4612. It's one of the great rarities...
All sestertii of the Antonine period are orichalcum.
Lovely coin, @DonnaML, and now one on my want list, too. Your write-up was very informative and got me thinking about the etymology of desultory....
Informative and fun write-up, @kevin McGonigal! When I think of ancient grain, I think of Annona, the personification of Rome's grain supply....
Maybe 5th century BC, but it's a stretch to call them coins. I'm not into these ... [ATTACH]
The Roman empire was particularly prosperous during the period of the adoptive emperors. Coins were generally minted with care but they wore down...
These barbarous imitations of Elagabalus and his mother were likely produced in Sarmatia. [IMG]
Being a Roman collector, I don't have many really old coins, but here's this tiny little Greek one. It features Pumba on the obverse and Simba on...
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For much of the early 170s, Faustina II accompanied her husband Marcus Aurelius on campaign to the northern front, probably in what is now modern...
Someone skipped Octavius' request for an adlocutio issue.
Not at all. You have a right to know what you're buying.
Valerian II never lived to become Augustus. [IMG] Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h. Cologne, AD...
Nymphs R Us! [IMG] Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm. Thrace, Augusta Trajana, AD 161-169. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV-ΡΗ...
Here's one from nearby Samaria, engraved in "reasonably fine style for that particular mint": [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ...
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