I FOUND IT!!!!! See CNG electronic auction 186, lot 188, April 16, 2008. [ATTACH] Described as: Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (25mm, 10.00...
Definitely not. It would have to be an as -- I think I see reddish copper through the patina and it has a laureate bust. I can't unsee Fides,...
It looks like a figure standing front, holding two military standards, one in each hand. That would suggest Fides (Militum). There is a...
Antoninus Pius by the portrait. Let me work on it a little.
I note that this coin comes with two bust varieties: (a) BMC 94-95, with a laureate head, right, and (b) BMC 96-97, with a laureate bust, right,...
No double strike. Just extensive die deterioration.
Nice!!! Wish I could have found this one just laying around ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Two coins from my own collection struck with the same obverse die but with different reverse types, even. [IMG] Gordian AD 238-244 and...
Here's a Houghton plate coin -- a little one with an elephant head! [IMG] Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV....
Next theme?
Some of my more photogenic Aurelians: [IMG] Aurelian, AD 279-275. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.61 gm, 20.6 mm. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate,...
Nice one, @Andres2 . Thanks for pointing out the typo. I've edited the OP to correct it.
Vulcan! [IMG] Valerian I, AD 253-260. Roman AR antoninianus, 2.69 g, 21.2 mm, 7 h. Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) mint, AD 259-260. Obv:...
My suggestion: [MEDIA]
[IMG] Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE. AE 21.4 mm 7.57 gm. Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, r. Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding r. SNG...
Cool! That provided additional information about the countermark! Thanks!
Interesting countermark on this one. [ATTACH] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD...
I love it, @Shea19 !! He really looks like a thug in that portrait! This is the meanest portrait of him that I can find among the specimens in...
This portrait makes him look criminal: [IMG] Vetranio AD 350 Roman AE maiorina; 4.77 g, 24mm Siscia, AD 350 Obv: D N VETRA-NIO P F AVG, laureate,...
Interesting theory, @TIF ! Perhaps he started to engrave CONCORDIA out of habit.
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