Sorry -- my bad! I made a typo. It's BMCRE (for British Museum Collection, Roman Empire), not BRCRE.
[ATTACH] Divus Augustus, 27 BC - 14 AD. Roman Æ as, 9.30 g, 28.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, issued under Tiberius, AD 22-30. Obv: DIVVS·AVGVSTVS·PATER, head...
BMCRE6 346, p. 149 has a laureate, draped and cuirassed bust for comparison: [ATTACH] BMC 347, 348, and 349, however, have the laureate and draped...
It's Saturday and this one just arrived in the mail! It's a middle bronze and it partially satisfies my Julia Mamaea fetish. [ATTACH] Julia...
That's a nice one, @ancient coin hunter ! On the globe, you can see the crossed bands that represent the intersection of the zodiac (ecliptic) and...
[IMG] Elagabalus AD 218-222, 3.28 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Fourrée Denarius, imitative issue, (after AD 250?). Unknown (Sarmatian?) mint. Obv: ΛNTONINVS...
Sorry, OJ, but I have looked and looked at the MIR/RIC listings for the three coins and, for the life of me, I don't see any difference between them.
None in my collection where it's standing on a globe. This one stands on a pile of rocks. It's my most photogenic one: [IMG] Constantius II, AD...
Long beard Macrinus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's time for another edition of Faustina Friday!! Today's coin is an as-sized provincial bronze from Neapolis in Samaria depicting Faustina II...
[IMG] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.91 g, 29.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, issue 9A, AD 228. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and...
You're welcome! That's gorgeous!
[MEDIA] Seventeen a beauty queen She made a ride that caused a scene In the town Her long blonde hair Hangin' down around her knees All the cats...
Provincial from Nicomedia: [IMG] Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Roman provincial Æ 20.4 mm, 4.59 g. Bithynia, Nicomedia. Obv: Μ ΑVΡ CΕV...
Not exactly round: [IMG] Tiberius II Constantine AD 574-582 and Anastasia. Byzantine Æ half-follis, 5.02 g, 20.4 mm, 7 h. Thessalonica, AD 579....
See my reply to @tenbobbit above.
I hope @curtislclay drops in to offer his comments.
1960s provenance! [IMG] [IMG] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 15.70 g, 27.4 mm, 12 h. Rome mint, 6th officina, 13th...
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