Thanks, I will pull it out of storage and take those measurements. I would estimate it's about 18mm and a couple of grams, so not a large...
Beautiful coin Donna and a great addition to your collection. I admit I also came away from the other thread learning something new which may...
Unknown Nabataean Kingdom, jugate busts, double cornucopia. Old photo, any ID would be helpful. Next: More jugate busts [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Pretty cool. There were 104 finds in Egypt, starting with Greek tetradrachms around 500 B.C. and ending at circa 1 B.C. with Ptolemaic offerings....
I've got a bunch. Here's Balbinus, who lasted on the throne only 3 months... Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius, 33mm, 22.9g, 12h; Rome mint. 1st...
Indeed Caracalla is an excellent example.
I don't see anything either.
Very interesting. One can see how Marcus Aurelius aged from a beardless Caesar to a full grown mature beard by the time of his death. Severus also...
I guess these would be considered provincial. I usually only think about Imperial times from my relatively small viewpoint. But you are correct!
By "Greek Imperial" I'm referring to those provincial coins struck mostly in the Greek-speaking areas of the Roman Empire, but issued by the Roman...
Some great coins in the lot. Congrats.
UC-Berkeley has a large collection of Islamic era coins from Bukhara and Samarkand. Was able to study them in my Central Asian history class as an...
That appears to be a left-facing bust.
No boars in the collection - how boring!
Congrats @Herodotus !!!
Varus in the media: [MEDIA] And, Happy Birthday!
Galba, A.D. 68-69 Grade: VF+ light grey toning Catalog: Köln 233-4; Dattari (Savio) 310; K&G 17.14; Material: Billon Weight: 7.18 g Diameter:...
Another Zeugma... COMMAGENE, Zeugma. Philip I the Arab. 247-249 AD. Æ31, 19.2g; 6h (a nice chunky coin, how about that?) Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI...
Gallienus was also the last emperor to issue the sestertius denomination. After the late 250's and the collapse of the monetary system, the...
I collect coins in three of your categories: 1. Roman Imperial 2. Greek Imperial (Provincial) 3. Byzantine/Romaion My earliest coin is Marc...
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