I edited my OP to reflect a similar coin of Julia Domna from Hadrianopolis in Phrygia. It may be official. Bizarre, though.
I saw this bizarrely-rendered coin at auction today and I had to buy it. It's very crude in its inscriptions, with upside down letters and...
Doug and I interpreted "Mythical creature or human playing musical instrument" as meaning "mythical creature playing a musical instrument or human...
You weren't skipped; you apparently responded to your own call for "a half-human/half-animal representation" after two other people (Ryro and...
Egypt Playing a sistrum: [IMG] Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman fourée denarius, 2.98 g, 17.7 mm, 7 h. Rome mint copy, ca. AD 138. Obv: HADRIANVS AVG...
Textile impressions in the patina from the cloth purse in which it was stored! VERY cool!
I have been rephotographing some coins this Saturday night. Over the years, I must have taken a half a dozen photos of this coin, trying to...
I can't help but think the reverse of this coin refers to the constellation Leo: [IMG] Greek Ionia, Miletos. AE Hemiobol, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 12 h....
Glad I could be of assistance!
Look at the inscription to the right of the pottery vessel -- perhaps it reads Perinthos. That's Dionysos on the obverse, with the ivy wreath and...
I like this one ... [ATTACH] ... because it reminds me of this one! [ATTACH]
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Cool! Does the reverse say SALVS AVG or DES IIII?
I like how, on the globe under her throne, you can see the crossed bands that represent the intersection of the zodiac (ecliptic) and the...
But is it a "plain old panther" if Dionysus is riding on its back? [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial triassarion, 6.34 g, 23.4 mm,...
My most recent acquisition. Post the most recent additions to your collection! [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman orichalcum sestertius,...
All beautiful coins! I love all my coins, too.
Here is a husband/wife pair with Herakles and the Nemian lion. [IMG] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g, 7 h....
I have one of these, too! [ATTACH] CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, with Zoe, 913-959 AD. Byzantine Æ Follis, 5.15 g, 23.7 mm, 5 h....
It could also be RIC 972 if the reverse read TR POT XX COS IIII.
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