[ATTACH] Elagabalus AD 218-222, 3.28 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Fourrée Denarius, imitative issue, (after AD 250?). Unknown (Sarmatian?) mint. Obv:...
Yours is from Alexandria, so scratch Antioch off your list. The difference between 63 and 70 is the size of the module. There was a debasement and...
Either they are both fake or your coin is a cast of the Bertolami example.
That's a fun issue to collect, @Pishpash . I have one, too! [ATTACH]
Awesome, @Deacon Ray ! It's cool to own a plate coin!
Here's my elephant one! [IMG] Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 247. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate...
This one might be a match to your coin. Its reverse legend is unclear, though: [ATTACH]
Interesting. This is the only dupondius of this reverse type in the British Museum collection and it's clearly the wrong year. [ATTACH]
The coin was withdrawn from sale by Savoca.
Probably something like this Koinon of Macedon coin. I'd repeat your search using "thunderbolt" and "Antoninus Pius" as search terms.
Lovely coin, @David Atherton ! Here's a Flavian SALVS one from my collection: that does: [IMG] Vespasian, AD 69-79. Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g,...
Lovely, lovely! Here are a couple of Antonine sestertii with brassy highlights: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's one with a long inscription, requiring both obverse and reverse to contain it. More importantly, enough of the titulature is complete...
Nice Max Thrax, @ancient coin hunter. I only have two Fides militum coins, one of Macrinus (which depicts Fides militum, but without the FIDES...
Interesting article. I wish I had a hobo nickel to share with everyone.
[ATTACH] The origins of Iconia (modern Konya, Turkey) are buried in mystery, but excavations show it to have been settled by the late copper age,...
Perhaps my favorite imperial issue of Gordian III: [ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Æ sestertius, 24.30 gm, 28.7 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 240....
Nice one, @Mat !
Then C is Gallienus and Severina must be the empress.
C is Salonina, Dattari 5304, Homonoia standing l., r. hand raised, holding double cornucopiae in l.
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