[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, As, Rome 148-9 Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG. PIVS P.P. TR.P. XII, laureate bust right Rev.: MVNIFICENTIA AVG. / COS IIII / S C,...
[ATTACH] A dupondius...
[ATTACH] This is a dirham of Khosro I, I think...
[ATTACH] Theodosius II, solidus NEXT : a very large ancient or medieval coin
[ATTACH] sestertii (or dupondii, or semisses) can be yellow...
[ATTACH] Tyre. Uncertain king. AR Shekel dated RY 4 (390/89 BC). Obv.: deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of...
[ATTACH] Trajan Decius (249-251), Mesopotamia, Rhesaina. Obv.: AYT. KAI. ΓAI. MEC. KY. [ΔEKIOC ? TPAI]ANOC CEB. , radiate, draped and cuirassed...
[ATTACH] A quadrans of Domitian with a basket full of corn-ears [ATTACH] A sestertius of Commodus with Annona holding cornucopia and victory, a...
[ATTACH] Tiberius, as (Lugdunum mint) Next : more Tiberius
[ATTACH] Volusian, antoninianus with VIRTVS AVGG NEXT : Postumus
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[ATTACH] I like this young Gordian III sestertius (minted in Rome 238/9). His portrait is one of the earliest ones - I mean real portrait, drawn...
One of the main Caesarian propaganda themes struck on Caesar's coinage is his Pietas. Above everything else, a Roman imperator must be pius, so...
My first thought is that these photos are not focused and the coin is not properly lighted for identification. We need to see the actual relief,...
this Gallienus / Helios 4Dr is gorgeous ! I have one, I like its so Alexandrian style very much, but unfortunately there is not the lightest...
I have just this not very beautiful coin of Elagabalus : [ATTACH] Elagabalus (218-222), Neapolis, AE 22-24 mm, thickness 4.5 mm, 13.30 g. Obv.:...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Two folles of Justin II and Sophia, from Nicomedia and Antioch. But my favourite is a small Justin II pentanummion from...
It is true that the preservation of older books may always be a problem. When books are just stored on a bookshelf and stay there, being rarely...
Anything you say [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Byblos, 1/16th of stater. I cannot decipher the king's name. 4th c. BC obv.: Two hoplites, holding shields,...
My own modest numismatic library [ATTACH] For the biggest part I should post the photo of a hard drive full of pdf files. A lot of references...
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