ROMA AETERNA -- "Rome Forever": [IMG] Cornelia Salonina, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.41 g, 19.8 mm, 12 h. Antioch, AD 258-260. Obv:...
I have wondered if this Hadrian denarius was a fourée because the surface metal has bubbled up in various places and cracked on the obverse and...
Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody ... but my COINS! [MEDIA] Still working through some of my folles of the tetrarchy: [IMG]...
LOL! I'm afraid they also photographed @dougsmit ! [ATTACH]
Oh, and there's this one, too! [ATTACH] Gaius Egnatuleius, c.f. 97 BC. Roman Republican AR quinarius, 1.68 g, 15.9 mm, 11 h. Rome, 97 BC. Obv:...
An owl: [IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC? 133-27 BC? Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet...
They took over my camera on my laptop and threatened to post this embarrassing photo of me, but I decided to just post it here first so they...
Great write-up, @Sulla80 ! I love antiquarian numismatic references! Cool exploration of the etymology of trophy, too! Here's a tropaion-style...
I think genuine and simply struck on a cast flan.
[ATTACH] Augustus and Livia, issued under Tiberius, AD 14-29. Roman provincial Æ 31 mm, 21.48 g. Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29. Obv:...
Lovely coins! I am a big Mamaea fan. Here's my less attractive example: [ATTACH]
I was the successful bidder on a sestertius of Faustina I with a veiled bust and on a SALVS antoninianus of Trebonianus Gallus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Barbarous two victories reverse, I think. They can be pretty crude in their artistry. Here's one in my collection. [ATTACH]
What an informative article, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! It's impossible to overstate the importance of Henry Cohen to Roman numismatics. He was...
It's unusual to find an unlisted Roman imperial issue, @David Atherton . You do realize that by submitting it for publication it will no longer be...
At 33.5 mm, this is the biggest bronze I have. Some might not think it beautiful -- its surfaces are pretty rough -- but it's a LIFETIME issue and...
Interesting coin, @David Atherton ! I have a temple of Vesta coin, too. It's not exactly FDC, either ... [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman Æ...
Centaur: [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 267-268. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head,...
That's a lovely coin, @ancient coin hunter , with nice, smooth surfaces and a pleasing patina! Here's mine, an example with a squarish flan:...
Yes, the E at the end of Faustina indicates either the genitive case, "of Faustina" or the dative case, "for/to Faustina." Without the E, it's in...
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