Cool! And with clear devices and mintmark, too! These GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS issues come in a couple of types. The first is a heavier type with a...
This is an old postcard depicting some medals in the British Museum. I'm intrigued by the iconography on the medal on the left. It supposedly...
When I was a young collector -- from the time I was ten until about thirteen or so -- there was a brick-and-mortar coin shop at the local mall...
Cool!!
Historical coin with a lovely patina, Erin! I still don't have one of these giant chi-rho coins. I'm in the same boat as @ominus1 and @Cucumbor ....
This is absolutely fascinating! Great write-up and definitely deserving of its featured status!
This new acquisition marks the third left-facing portrait of Faustina II I have acquired for my collection and the first denarius to feature such...
Galerius is often confused with Maximian: [ATTACH] Galerius, A.D. 305-311. Roman AE follis, 26.0 mm, 7.73 g, 12 h. Heraclea mint, AD 310-311....
Gorgeous!
[ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54. Billon Tetradrachm, 10.32 gm, 24.0 mm. Alexandria, AD 46. Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of...
Congratulations!!!
Wow!!! I've always wanted one of those!
The British Museum has several examples of this coin. This one is similar in bust style and portrait. [ATTACH] I only have one denarius of this...
Little bronze non-Athenian one: [IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC. Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested...
Lovely acquisition, @Mat ! Scarce, too! Here's my only Otacilia Severa from Antioch: [IMG] Otacilia Severa, 244-249. Roman provincial AR...
[ATTACH] Gallienus, 253-268 AD. Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.26 g, 16.4 mm, 5 h. Rome Mint 267-268 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Rev:...
Geta (?) from Hadrianopolis. Moushmov 2662; Varbanov 3672?
The entry reads "Same horse-rider galloping left, holding a round shield and lance; below, letter |-. -- Rx. ΤΑΡΑΣ. Taras on a dolphin l., holding...
Wow! @TIF , that coin is absolutely STUNNING!
Mars was the Roman god of war, the son of Jupiter and Juno and the father of Romulus and Remus. He has many epithets in worship, literature, and...
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