Quite a year! The Melita is the coolest and most elusive of the bunch.
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I want to thank @zumbly for providing me numismatic references to research this coin and its background. The ancient forum at CT is truly the...
I hope this counts. Here's a Ptolemaic queen, Lysimachos's wife, Arsinoe II. She was the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice. Lysimachos divorced...
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise about other examples of this issue and your conclusions about dating the issue. Not sure. It's hard...
All fantastic acquisitions for your collection! My favorites are the two Sabina coins and the Alexandrian Faustina II.
My version of the coin in the OP: [IMG] Antonia, Augusta AD 37 and 41. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.10 gm, 28.3 mm. Rome, AD 41-50. Obv:...
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