Here are the sestertius versions of the coins in the OP: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman oricalchum sestertius, 22.36 gm, 33.7 mm, 12 h....
The identity of the children on the reverse of this are not known with absolute certainty -- and it's possible they are simply the attributes of...
Superb portraits are ... well ... unusual in the Roman provincial series. Often, they are crudely rendered, such as these of Caligula and...
Lamination -- it has been happening to coins for a LONG time: [ATTACH]
Oh boy! An excuse to show off my elephant! [IMG] Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 247. Obv: IMP...
Very nice. I went on a Gallienus and Salonina bender a few years ago and obtained a couple dozen of her coins. Those are nice examples for the type.
She looks like a hamster.
I like this one because Caracalla looks like a real thug! It's the furrowed brow, I think. [IMG] Caracalla AD 198-217. Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g,...
The reign of Trebonianus Gallus was marked not only by nearly constant warfare against the Goths and Persians but also by the Cyprian plague,...
Always nice to obtain a new acquisition for one's collection, @David Atherton, and if it's a rarity, all the nicer. But, as @dougsmit has said...
Annona with large anchor: [IMG] Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h. Rome, issue 12, AD 231. Obv: IMP SEV...
Apollo Sauroktonos: [IMG] Macrinus, AD 217-218. Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 12.64 g, 27 mm, 1 h. Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis, Legate Marcus...
I do enjoy a nice Philip antoninianus. This is one of my favorites -- I like the reverse design and the use of officina marks. It was one of a...
Get her this. [ATTACH]
Thank you for your insights about the paleography, Doug. I was wondering about the IW in "IW 6069," the reference cited by Münzen & Medaillen in...
Bruce McNall, erstwhile owner of Numismatic Fine Arts, was also the owner of the LA Kings, who brought the Great Gretsky to the USA. Gretsky's...
I'm not so sure it wasn't an accepted form of writing the letter omega.
Those coins from Alexandria Troas have ENORMOUS variations in spelling on their inscriptions. I'd just pick an RPC number that's close and call it...
Eureka!!! Here it is in BMC Phrygia, p. 225, no 4! It is possibly a double die-match, too, because the upside down omega is there, as are the...
Interesting ... I found the coin -- not a die match, though (and it has a radiate bust), with very similar inscriptions. It appears to be...
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