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Wow, @Sulla80 , that's quite a pick-up! Kudos! A tet of Gallienus. Let's just say I didn't purchase it for the reverse ... [ATTACH]
[MEDIA] Nuthin' fancy -- just some additions to my Faustina subcollection. [ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman Æ as, 12.05 g, 25.3 mm, 12...
Lovely Arcadius. These bifocal-defying little coins aren't usually so well struck or well-preserved. Here, for example, is my nicest Arcadius...
My favorite transitional portrait is this provincial of Faustina II from Dioshieron. The die-engraver had no idea what the empress looked like, so...
Great job with the attribution! I'm glad you finally joined the Glykon owner's club! That's a very nice example and better preserved than any on...
I agree! There are some interesting reverse types among Gordian's provincials. Some of my favorites: Pentassarion of Anchialus depicting a...
Attractive one, @Nathan401 ! Asklepios, too! Here's one of Mac & Di from nearby Marcianopolis: [ATTACH] Macrinus and Diadumenian, AD 217-218....
I have lots of Gordian III coins, so I'll post one I've never posted before: [ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman orichalcum sestertius,...
On this day, 29 May, 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks under Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire. Post your Byzantine coins from...
Tameanko (p. 161) writes, "The emperor Probus, AD 276-282, struck an enormous series of antoniniani showing a hexastyle temple with the legend...
I don't purposely seek out duplicates, but if I happen to obtain them, I don't go out of my way to get rid of them. If the British museum can have...
What a historic and appealing coin, @Roerbakmix ! And how gratious of @AnYangMan to gift it to you! The ancients board here at CT has the nicest...
This one is similarly shaped: [IMG] Crispina, AD 177-182 Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.19 g, 25 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 180-182. Obv: CRISPINA...
This one is a new acquisition and I'm quite pleased with it. I like it, not despite its squarish flan, flan crack, and encrustations, but because...
That IS an interesting portrait style from the London mint. I'm afraid I only have folles of this emperor from Antioch and Trier. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is my VERY humble Cleo VII: [IMG] Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, 51-30 BCE. AE 40 drachmai; 21.0 mm; 7.32 gm. Alexandria mint, 51-30 BCE....
Alright! I was hoping that one would go to a fellow CT-er! What a fun write-up, @Ryro ! I have a Fulvia. It's not exactly MS-67 -- it's been...
Thank you so much for your comments, @curtislclay and for supplying some important context for interpreting the legends on these coins. Of...
The entirety of his hair at minimum has been tooled.
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