it is likely a denarius of Quintus Pomponius Musa (Rome, 66 BC), Crawford 410/8.
Interesting, but I don't see what you mean... Could you please illustrate this with examples? Which "Edomite", which Lihyan coin looks like yours?...
[ATTACH] Elagabalus, 8 assaria, Antioch on the Orontes. Next : another Syrian provincial
Your coin is obviously an imitation : the celator reproduced the types while carving the dies, and the result is a mirror-view on obverse and...
There is no serious reason to attribute the OP coin or this coin to Lihyan. Dealers often call "Lihyan" any kind of crude imitation of Athenian...
Difficult to be positive w/o a better focused picture.
Sure, the 18 Avenue de Versailles is not in the Marais! It is in the XVIth Arrondissement, which is well-known for being the typical bourgeois...
Are you sure it is Serapis? This Zeus (he holds a thunderbolt) looks more like an Achemenid king. He does not wear a modius, but a Persian tiara.
I know very well this area of Paris for this is where I was living in my childhood. My high school was the Lycée Charlemagne, just next to the...
I do not know if it is open yet to visitors, but yes, they are currently preparing a new museum in the BNF with some highlights. Not only coins,...
[ATTACH] Emesa (Homs, Syria), Julia Domna, AE 24 mm Obv.: IOV[ΛIA] ΔOMNA [AVΓ]. , draped bust of Julia Domna right [EMICΩ]N KOΛΩNIAC / ZKΦ : year...
It is a coin of Ptolemy I Soter. Obv.: head of Alexander wearing elephant-skin Rev. : ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ , eagle standing left on thunderbolt,...
[ATTACH] Antiochos VII Euergetes (or Sidetes), 138-129 BC. Obv.: Bust of winged Eros right Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEPΓETOY, Isis headdress,...
I know this area in Paris, near the Bourse (Paris Stock Exchange) and the Bibliothèque Nationale (and its Cabinet des Médailles). It may be called...
[ATTACH] Aelia Flaccilla (wife of Theodosius I, mother of Honorius and Arcadius) Obv.: AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, bust right Rev.: SALVS REI PVBLICAE /...
Very nice specimen ! :woot: One day I found an affordable classic owl : [ATTACH] but the palmette on Athena's helmet has a curious shape, it...
I think it represents what is on the actual pedestal : a door giving access to the interior of the column (it is hollow, there are stairs to the...
[ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, sestertius Obv.: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXI[X], laur. head right Rev.: LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP VII COS III / S C,...
[ATTACH] Cornelia Salonina, rev.: Pudicitia. AE antoninianus Next : another empress
[ATTACH] Trajan, sestertius... Next : a sestertius with more than 3 people on reverse.
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