Nice coin. The death of the republic, the beginning of the Imperium.
Vota XX, Constantine I (the Great) as evidenced by the MAX AVG on the reverse... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hello and Welcome to Ancients. There are a good many books out there and/or websites which can provide good introductions to this specialty....
Great trip and photos Aidan. I believe Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiator) lived near Merida. (Except that he was not a real person)!
Nice coin.
Very interesting type shown here. Thanks for starting the thread Donna.
Congrats David. Nice find.
Back at ya. Happy New Year!
Some ruins from Zeugma, Asia Minor: [ATTACH] And a coin from the time of Phillip the Arab: COMMAGENE, Zeugma. Philip I the Arab. 247-249 AD....
Nice new coin. [ATTACH]
Very interesting - thanks.
I bid on another one, up to 4.
I knew it was important to the Egyptians but not so much for the Greeks.
Yeah, I didn't get an email yet either. Some good coins. I bid on 3 so far.
16 out of 20.
Just got the coin in the mail. Shipped on 23 December from Portugal.
Some very nice antiquities Donna. I purchased an EF-FDC antoninianus of Phillip I / Fortuna Redux from Frank L. Kovacs at his office on Post...
A couple of good ones there @+VGO.DVCKS !
Welcome to CT!
[IMG] Æ Drachm, 36mm, 22.1g, 11h; Alexandria, Year 15 = 130/1 AD. Obverse: AVT KAI - TRAI AΔPIA CEB; Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right....
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