In the course of researching this coin .... [IMG] Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Thrace, Bizya Æ 23.5 mm, 6.89 gm, 7 h. Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA...
It's Saturday night and a free for all! I've rephotographed this coin and have been looking for it in a variety of references, modern and...
Great write-up, @robinjojo ! It adds some interesting backstory. I have one, too, but not as nice and from year 6 (visible in-hand, though not in...
Very cool, @Sulla80 ! I love going in-depth with provincials -- die studies and such. Another reference for your coin is CN 7800. I have two...
I believe my as is a reverse die-match to yours. The obverse is very similar, but with slight differences in the lettering. I'm sure it was...
Felicitas thinks she's Joe Cool or something! [ATTACH]
Post your coins depicting Felicitas or anything you feel is relevant! Felicitas was the personification of happiness, good luck, and prosperity....
Very interesting thread, @dougsmit , @Sulla80 , and @maridvnvm . The best explanation I can think of is a Greek-speaking die-engraver, who might...
My latest Antonine cheapie! This would have gone for a much higher hammer price had it not been weakly struck. It's nicely patinated and I love...
From the latest e-mail from Dealer William Rosenblum: [ATTACH]
That mother-in-law be givin' you the stink eye! [ATTACH] Image by @Jasper Burns
Here's my earliest Hadrian bronze -- a COS III but without the heroic bust. [ATTACH] Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman Æ dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7...
Me too.
At any rate, it doesn't look like anyone has Apollo advancing (because he's rarely depicted doing that). I'm going to use the 12-hour rule and...
Nice write-up, @David Atherton . Serapis is one of the more interesting gods of antiquity, indeed. You might try to track down Roman Society from...
I'm not saying Youroukova or Varbanov are wrong, but how do they know that's Apollo and not his twin sister, Artemis, such as on this one? [IMG]...
A lovely coin with a cute portrait! My sestertius is of the other reverse type: [IMG] Orbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, Augusta AD 225-227....
Cool snake god Glycon coin!
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Here's a biga! [IMG] Philistis, wife of Hieron II. Greek AR 5 litrae. Syracuse 270-230 BCE, 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm. Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l.,...
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