She may not have any hands, but she has some hips, alright! Post your "hippy" coins! [ATTACH] From an early denarius of Trajan: [IMG] Trajan,...
They are both radiates (antoninianus denomination) from the mid third century. You can tell this by the base metal and the raggedy flan. The...
Toned early Trajan: [ATTACH] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman AR Denarius, 3.21 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 98-99. Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM,...
Looks like you had a great year! Those are indeed fascinating coins. My favorites are your Hermanubis ones. I'll bet you had a lot of fun...
Coins from Pegasi tend to look washed out. Here are their photos, each followed by mine for comparison. Pegasi old B&W print catalog: [ATTACH]...
You had an excellent year! Lovely coins, all of them, but I like the IVDEA CAPTA and the flute and lyre players.
He has only one coin of Faustina I. :(
Wow! That's some coin and some provenance!
Very informative thread, @zumbly , and very deserving of a feature. Lovely coins, too, I might add!
The denarius is common: [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman AR denarius, 2.65 g, 20.5 mm, 1 h. Rome, issue 9A, AD 228. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA...
Love the Domna with Cybele and the Gordian/Tranquillina provincial. The Trajan denarius is a great one, too!
Very nice! I like the adlocutio scene. Here's a sestertius from my collection: [IMG] Commodus, AD 177-192. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.51 g,...
Diana Lucifera and Luna Lucifera are essentially the same. I didn't bring this up to distinguish the two names of the goddess as if they were...
Post your middle bronzes of Severus Alexander or Julia Mamaea or anything you feel is relevant. The Scriptores Historia Augustae (SHA) is a late...
That Caracalla is an exceptionally nice example of that issue and it's one I've been wanting to add to my own collection. Not to disrespect the...
My son and his wife thought I'd enjoy this book! They were right! To keep from cluttering up the board, I thought we should have one thread to...
Looks like an early modern coin, not ancient. You should also post this at the world coin board.
That's lovely! What a thoughtful gift! May the joy of the season continue throughout the year. :happy:
@galba68 & @Pellinore -- those are fascinating! I need to get some of these for my Faustina subcollection.
Fun and desirable FTR's! I love the mullet! I also like those phoenix on rocks issues of Siscia for the same reason! [ATTACH]
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