We not only need a photo, but we need the next theme ...
This one just arrived in the mail from the latest Leu web auction. When I purchased it, I noticed that Mattingly* notes a dot after the obverse...
These pseudo-autonomous issues of Alexandria Troas have a vexillum over Tyche's shoulder as a design element. I have three that are preserved well...
My favorite women on coins. Faustina I. She died before she could do anything famous, but Antoninus Pius' devotion to her and massive coin issues...
Sounds like a good bargain, anyway, and it introduced you to an new area of collecting. You can learn more about these coins at coinindia....
Stunning coins, @Al Kowsky ! I don't have any Philip I tets from this city, but I do have one of his wife: [ATTACH] Otacilia Severa, 244-249....
Lovely example, @bcuda ! Here's my most photogenic example of the type: [IMG] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.51...
Let's face it -- we all have to eat and most of us never have to worry about starvation. That was not the case for ancient peoples, who were...
Some lyre coins: [IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman AE Sestertius, 20.01 gm, 28.2 mm, 11 h. Rome, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241. Obv: IMP...
Post anything you feel is relevant! This particular issue of Faustina I, depicting Pietas with her hands upturned in supplication, is scarce....
That's a lovely coin! Antoninus Pius sure liked Annona as a reverse type! [IMG] Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.16...
This was, astonishingly, a backup coin from FSR he offered after I lost a bid on a Macrinus. Struck with a worn reverse die but still ... [ATTACH]
I think it's Göbl 1666i and some disruption of the "desert patina" makes it look like there is a star there but there isn't. For attribution of...
It's orichalcum, a brass-like alloy.
Orbiana was a teenager, @dougsmit : [IMG] Orbiana, AD 225-227. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.02 g, 28.6 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 225. Obv: SALL...
Nice! You don't see Gallienus sestertii every day!
Mars! [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.58 g, 20.7 mm, 5 h. Antioch, AD 251. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG,...
Fun theme, @Ryro ! I got lotsa spears. Here's just a few. Spears in human hands, on obverses and reverses: [IMG] Julian II, 361-363. Roman...
That's a nice-looking coin! Always nice to find a new addition to an extensive collection.
Here's an example from a different officina at the same mint: [IMG] Crispus, AD 316-326. Roman AE centenionalis, 2.93 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Siscia, AD...
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