That's interesting. The "misspelling" suggests the initial V in VRVG was pronounced as a voiced labial fricative V (the unvoiced being F), not as...
Photographing coins in the overhead sunlight. No new coins to show, just a few oldies of Julia Domna: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Neat post, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Do you have this book? I think you'd enjoy it. [ATTACH]
That's interesting and fun!
That's a great little coin, @Sulla80 ! Fantastic strike on that reverse type and an interesting and very informative write-up! I hope it's...
Nice! And scarcer than the sestertius version.
If you like Women of the Caesars, you'll enjoy this one by @Jasper Burns ! [ATTACH]
How fun, @Dobbin ! Congratulations on attributing the little thing! Very nice thing for @Victor_Clark to do, too! The folks at this board are THE...
I like these quadrantes. Here's one with a right-facing she-wolf: [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Æ quadrans, 3.68 g, 16.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD...
In general, denarii and sestertii of Julia Mamaea are plentiful, but while not rare, the middle bronzes of this empress appear less frequently on...
Athena: [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-305. Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 285-6. Obv: Α Κ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC...
I have only one coin with this reverse type: [IMG] Caracalla as Caesar, AD 195-198. Roman AR denarius, 2.46 g, 18.5 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 198. Obv:...
That's a neat one, @Nathan401 ! I like that youthful, beardless Asklepios -- he must have been only an intern! ;)
Nice coins! I particularly like the mint mark on that follis of Galerius! Here's a SACRA MON of Diocletian. I wish the reverse legend was...
Very attractive coin, @DonnaML , and nice write-up. I'm not too concerned with the semantics of "panther." The Greco-Roman concept of animal...
Corinthian -- without Athena or Pegasus: [IMG] Plautilla, AD 202-205 Roman provincial AE 24.4 mm, 5.87 g Peloponnesus, Corinth, AD 202-205...
One of his last issues: [IMG] Commodus, AD 177-192. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.51 g, 29.2 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 192. Obv: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P...
What's the next theme, @Andres2 ?
Here's my Nerva with the biggest nose! [IMG] Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 3.21 g, 18.5 mm, 7 h. Rome, January - September, AD 97. Obv:...
Yes! That's a first issue!
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