Thank you for the kind words! That's a very cool architectural issue, too! What's not to love about an elephant quadriga on the city gate? Those...
The period leading up to the reigns of Valerian I and Gallienus is often referred to as the "four bad years," in which Rome was fraught with...
That's cool, @Valentinian ! No Lupa Romana provincials, but one of my favorite provincial coins is this one of Macrinus: [ATTACH] Macrinus, AD...
Hey Commodus! I got an Alexandrian tet -- OF YO' MAMA!!! [ATTACH]
Wow! While that doesn't make me want to abandon the Roman imperial era, it does make me want to expand my collection to include one of these issues!
I have one with particularly bad artistry (and not well-preserved, either). [ATTACH] Era of Constantine, 4th Century AD. Barbarous imitation of...
Examples you can be very proud of, @Al Kowsky ! The whole family, too! In the Antioch tetradrachm format, only Otacilia Severa is represented in...
The OP coin is Faustina I, issued posthumously by Antoninus Pius. The veiled bust version, like that coin, is RIC 395c(b), RSC 236. Pietas was a...
It's a post reform radiate from the Heraclea mint. Does it have DIOCLETIANVS in the obverse inscription?
Great write-up, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Very informative and entertaining. I only have a few coins with cippi. There's this one. It's scarce...
I got this cool little provincial (hemiassarion) of Geta from Nicaea from JAZ: [ATTACH] Geta, Caesar AD 198-209. Roman provincial Æ hemiassarion,...
Thanks for your opinion. A $40 coin isn't worth being sent to NGC ancients to get examined and slabbed, though.
The "hole" in the back of the head is the shadow of part of the hairstyle, as is the "hole" in the bust -- that's a shadow of the drapery. I think...
Side is Greek for pomegranate. [ATTACH]
I remember reading somewhere that Side means pomegranate in the local language.
An agonistic urn was a prize awarded for the winner of a contest. The urn on your coin is supposedly inscribed HPAKΛHA / ΟΛYMΠIA. In your coin's...
Post your coins of Side, coins with die damage, or anything you feel is relevant! Background: Side (modern Selimiye)[1] was the principal city...
Very cool! And kudos to @Nicholas Molinari , the resident man-faced bull expert!
That's a very nice coin!
In the course of rephotographing some neglected coins, I realized this one featured Artemis Phosphoros -- The Greek equivalent of Diana Lucifera!...
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