Not exactly sure. There are a couple of spots where the images appear different - for example the beard of the figure on the far left, though I...
Why not a Gordian III ant?
That's the one
Egyptian Drachms: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hadrian Triptolemus...(not in my collection) at least I don't remember getting it....
Here's one of Tetricus Junior. Portrait is OK but the celator fell asleep at the switch on the reverse! GALLIC EMPIRE Tetricus II, A.D. 273-274...
Great OP coin and I was not aware of the type! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Last auction I received my coins (5) within 4 days of shipment.
In the recap, Leu featured a coin of Constantine II Caesar that started out at 50Chf but hammered at 2800. Whilst a rare coin, I am blown away by...
I bid on 3 but was outgunned on all of them. Mainly because I didn't feel like getting up at 5am in order to snipe bids.
Yep. It was like the Byzantine coinage was the underappreciated stepson of Roman Imperial. But the gold coinage is remarkably uniform in weight,...
Great, lifelike portrait on the first coin.
Chewed bubblegum that stuck to my shoe? Exactly. Even though my focus is Roman Imperial a large number of such coins have been sticking to my...
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Also, Runciman on the Crusades. If you want to also focus on that part of Jerusalem's history. A History of the Crusades: Volume 1, The First...
Josephus is definitely worthwhile.
Very interesting coin and write-up @The Trachy Enjoyer - indeed, I am having my morning coffee as I read this.
Nice to read a Latin text after awhile - thanks for posting. I took three years of Latin in high school.
Piling on, Phillip is a Viminacium sestertius. Note that latin was used for the legend rather than Greek, indicating a Roman colony.
Very nice Romulus. I hope you can track down some of the rarer usurpers - Pacatianus, Regalianus, Domitius Domitianus, etc.
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