Great thread. I don't have any specifically evil coins, but here's one of Pluto's (god of the Underworld) brother Neptune. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks. Sounds like eventually there will be a compendium on these types that is long overdue.
OK, strange bird (Phoenix) on my latest arrival. [ATTACH]
Smoke was terrible yesterday so that at noon the sky looked like it does before sunrise here in the Bay Area. Nice ingot.
Carinus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's my trio: Carus: [ATTACH] Carinus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Numerianus: [ATTACH]
I've got some Nero tets, here's one. Notoriously they have noodly hair: Nero from Alexandria: Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams...
Sorry to hear Donna. My worn Antony example could not be a fake, and it is a coin only a mother could love, I suppose, but it fills a slot in the...
My coin just arrived. Here is a photo: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I also saw on Facebook that it is the birthday of Honorius as well (September 9th) - couldn't find any emperors more diametrically opposed as far...
Here's an agathadaemon serpent... Nerva, 96-98 A.D. Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D. Obverse:...
How about a Palmyra type with Aurelian and Vaballathus? Roman and Palmyrene Empires Billon Antoninianus, 20mm, 3.7g Antioch mint, 5th officina,...
Surprising because of the strictures against graven images in Islam, including the human figure. As I recall they also struck coins with the ruler...
Jovianus and his vows, VOT V MVLT X: As you know, Jovian was the commander of the guard and successor to Julian who concluded a shameful treaty...
I believe the Abbasid caliph and family were executed by being placed under carpets and trampled under the hooves of the Mongol horse. I don't...
Augustus was also reponsible for the RES GESTAE a series of inscriptions and writings which recounted his deeds on behalf of the Roman people....
Maybe put it into a paper envelope to preserve it. I find they work better than plastic flips.
To see my Nerva, one must travel to Egypt. His nose was known to be prominent by the mint. Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of...
Turkish slave soldiers or gulams were a big part of al-Mutasim's campaigns.
Don't have the type yet. Here is one reverse that seems to be an Adventus scene with the legend VIRTVS PROBI AVG. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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