Appealing coin, @Parthicus ! I enjoy the coins of Pautalia because they have so many different reverse types and Ruzicka is such a helpful...
Nice! Here's a provincial bronze: [IMG] Sabina, AD 128-137. Roman provincial Æ hemiassarion, 3.83 g, 17 mm. Phrygia, Ancyra. Obv: CABЄINA...
4 on each side. Yep, it's from Antioch.
I, too, first learned of Apollo Smintheus while learning the Iliad in Greek in college. I have discussed the relevant passage in the Iliad in this...
Ha! I like Salonina's Nerva-nose!
No, but this website is reasonably complete.
Dots are cool! [ATTACH]
Informative and well-written. The coins are cool, too! Here's a pseudo-autonomous/quasi-autonomous one from Smyrna featuring a personification of...
Both lovely coins and the second one has a bold and detailed portrait, indeed. I can see why you had to have it. Nonetheless, I think the first...
Vesta: [IMG] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.3 mm, 5 h. Rome mint, 7th emission, AD 227. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed...
Fun group, @Bing ! I particularly like the Luna Lucifera from Antioch.
That's cool, @TheRed ! I love fly-specking. Very informative write-up, too. I wouldn't have been able to make heads or tails out of that!
That's a lovely coin, @David Atherton ! I like the brassy highlights peaking through the darker patina. I like the quite worn, but wonderful...
The Roman Empire was at war during most of Marcus Aurelius' reign. From AD 161-166, the Roman army was occupied repelling the forces of the...
That's a gorgeous one, @Bing , and from an unusual mint, too! I still don't have a Tripolis coin in all of my collection. Mine's not so...
Not quite. Here are the relevant pages from RIC ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry you lost the opportunity. The veiled bust types are in high demand and sell quickly if the price is right. I'm still looking for an example...
Twelve hour rule. None from Phoenicia with a temple, I guess. It's important that the themes suggested for the next coin in the thread not be so...
Marcianopolis also issued coins similar to this. Such as this one of Elagabalus: [ATTACH]
Excellent example of the silvering process on coins of the period! It also illustrates the tiny portrait and devices, the full flans, and the PXV...
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