I really like that type with Artemis on the obverse, such as yours at the bottom!
This little provincial bronze is a recent acquisition. It was minted in Nacrasa, a former Seleucid stronghold in northern Lydia that had once been...
I'm glad you found it, @Everett Guy ! Now check out RPC online!
Hunting dog: [IMG] Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Roman provincial Æ 33 mm, 18.78 g. Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ...
After more than a month making its way from London to the US, I received this little bronze of Apameia in Phrygia in the mail today. Coins of the...
I suspect an autocorrect error, changing aeter to aether.
I can't believe that with all the songs in this thread that nobody has posted the one I think of first when I hear "you make me live": [MEDIA]...
Fun video, @zadie! I wonder if the fingerprints all over the Probus packaging were from customs officials. Here's my Temple of Roma Aeterna of...
Fun write up, as always, @Ryro! I don't give this Alexandrian diobol of Livia enough publicity: [IMG] Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman...
[IMG] After he had died of natural causes. [IMG] Divus Augustus, 27 BC - 14 AD. Roman Æ as, 9.30 g, 28.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, issued under Tiberius,...
Great write up, as usual, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix! Maxentius with a disco dance party going on the pediment of the temple on mine: [IMG]...
There are numerous temples depicted on coins, particularly on Roman Provincials. Many times, however, the numismatic and literary evidence is all...
The only Antony portrait coin in my collection: [IMG] Antony and Octavia. AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm. Ephesus, 39 BCE. Obv: M ANTONINVS...
The god Kabeiros uncommonly appears on coins and most people have never heard of him. He is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his...
Welcome to the T-Bone club, @hotwheelsearl and @furryfrog02 ! [ATTACH]
This is a very hard question to answer, but after a lot of thought, I think it's this one. It's interesting because it had never before been...
Here it is for those who don't want to click the link: [ATTACH]
Wow! Nice one, @David Atherton! My collection is particularly heavy in the second and third century, so I don't have any imperial quinarii (I...
Year two: [IMG] Probus AD 276-282. Roman billon tetradrachm, 7.62 g, 20.2 mm, 11 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 276/7. Obv: A K M AVΡ ΠΡOBOC CEB,...
Fun hairdo: [IMG] Faustina Sr, AD 138-141 Roman AR denarius; 3.83 g, 18.2 mm Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust, right Rev: AETERNITAS, Fortuna...
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