Great coins @ValiantKnight and superb informative write-up. Thank You. One can see the increasing influence of Rome in international politics of...
I think the crocodile with the sun disk is sobek-ra
Yeah I noticed this issue too - seems to happen as mentioned to above only to hotlinked images.
I have a bunch of Alexandrian coins which I have already shown and I don't have a hem-hem crown or Canopic jar yet - but I do have this Nerva type...
Actually we got email at work in 1992 - my first year working at a professional job, though it was a proprietary system called SYSM used only by...
Not sure I am a senior member but I recall the days before the Internet where I visited a local coin shop where the proprietor kept a display case...
Nice coin and I prefer the upward slant. Not quite a Constantine eyes-to-heaven thing but a little more impressive.
Very nice coin @Spaniard and thanks for the write-up.
Probably less than a contemporary denarius but the metal looks pretty good...
How about a "masterpiece" of the 3rd century? We always are complaining about coins of Gordian III but here is the best of his that I have in my...
Nice "Eastern Roman" coin....
The battle of the yarmuk river doomed the byzantines...
Ah-ha
Now how did the ark of the covenant get to oak island?
Here's a pic... [ATTACH]
Nice coin and a cool depiction of the Pharos! Nowadays the fortress of Qeit Bey is its replacement, made from the stones of the former lighthouse.
Caracalla. MACEDON, Thessalonica Caracalla. 198-217 A.D. AE 26, 14.9 grams, 7h Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, in scale armor...
Here's my Neptune example, fitting as it comes from late in his reign and perhaps represents a blessing for a safe crossing from the god of the...
Great thread. I have a Constantine with captives on either side of a vexillum on the reverse which is the same as one of the OP coins. I suppose...
Somewhat rarer than Balbinus and Pupienus. I have the latter two in sestertii but am actively looking for Gordian I and II so I will have a coin...
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