Very nice! I'll take this as an opportunity to post these otherwise quotidian Trebonianus Gallus issues, which I have never posted before:...
That's a real score, @Valentinian ! Definitely not every day you run into one of those HERCVLI CONS AVG reverse types. I actively collect this...
Lovely additions to your collection! I like the Galba from Antioch and the Julia Domna sestertius.
When that gets a bit longer, you'll have to roll it up like a Torah scroll!
Gonzaga family mark, I believe.
Someone long before I acquired this denarius of Julia Domna put a 3011 in red ink in the exergue: [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217, under...
Nice one. Everyone's got a few Hadrian middle bronzes. Here's my latest: [IMG] Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman Æ dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h....
All lovely coins! And an ex- @Orfew Otho to boot! What a wonderful gesture by Victor Clark, too! I particularly like the PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS...
Agree it's Victorinus: [IMG] Victorinus, AD 269-271. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.1 mm. Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to...
Those are fun little coins, @Roerbakmix . Being a Roman collector, I don't have many such things, but here's my tiniest Greek: [IMG] Mysia,...
I'm impressed. You did a much better job identifying that coin than I did with this one. ;)
Common it may be, @David Atherton , it's a desirable coin with a lovely patina. Among the most common of all ancient Roman coins are the billon...
Nisibis?
Wow! Quite a year, @Romancollector ! All are worthy acquisitions, but I like the Augustus comet denarius the best!
Wow! Glad they showed up in the mail, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix ! Here are some of my coins from this mini-dynasty: Carus: [ATTACH] Carinus:...
This countermark turns this coin from a run-of-the-mill SC reverse type of Antioch into an interesting historical puzzle. [IMG] Trajan, AD...
I saw this online today and thought this thread needed an update! The Maya civilization used chocolate as money!
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That's a nicely detailed example, @Valentinian . I have a more humble example. I think the history of Nisibis and northern Mesopotamia in Roman...
Let it be! I have a number of coins with glossy black patinas. I like that look. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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