Sweet empress coins, all of 'em! Here's Marciana to round out the set: [ATTACH]
This is my largest Roman Provincial: [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217 Roman provincial Æ 29.3 mm, 13.67 g, 6 h. Ionia, Ephesus, AD 193-217....
This one fits the theme: [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117 Roman AR denarius; 2.95 gm, 20 mm Rome, AD 114-117 Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER...
Fantastic, @Justin Lee ! I love that Faustina II. Here's a fairly recent acquisition. This one was formerly attributed to Emesa, but the exact...
Cyzicus one: [ATTACH] Fausta, Augusta 324-326. Roman AE 3 Centenionalis, 2.59 gm, 19.7 mm, 6 h. Cyzicus, AD 326. Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG,...
4-1/2 assaria and so marked: [IMG] Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244 Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 12.80 g, 28.2 mm, 7 h. Moesia...
ASIS for sure.
I don't know about Thessalonica. With the dots before and after the mint mark and the lack of an SM before the TS, I'm skeptical about this...
Yep! You need a big ol' Faustina I sestertius, too! Coins like this are within your budget. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You're off to a great start with some lovely coins! Don't forget the emperor that almost was -- Aelius! [ATTACH] The adoptive emperors are a...
How cool is that! The same handwriting on our tags strongly suggests they are both Seaby tags and both written by the same employee of the firm....
Geta as a thirteen-year-old: [IMG] Geta as Caesar. AR denarius, 3.24 gm, 18.3 mm. Rome, AD 202. Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed and...
How fun! You'll have to go to the Capitoline Museum some time. Of course, they have so many busts that you'd have to bring your entire collection...
Wow! What a thought-provoking and educational write-up!! Well done and lovely coins!
Wow! That's lovely! Here's my FELICITAS PVBLICA standing one. [ATTACH] Wow! Thanks! That's very helpful. I take it that the tag was from the...
They should, but they don't. A search for "Septimius PROVID AVGG" only yields PART MAX examples. And a search for "Septimius 284" doesn't find...
I don't know who owned this coin before me, but somewhere along the way it was purchased from Seaby's in 1962. This old collector's tag is...
Nice find! The British Museum does not have an example in their collection, either.
This one of Nicopolis has a very different portrait style for Septimius Severus. It is not listed in AMNG I, Moushmov, Varbanov, BMC, or Sear...
Tyche in a tetrastyle temple: [IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman Provincial Æ 20.2 mm, 6.93 g, 7 h. Cilicia Trachea, Antiochia ad Cragum, AD...
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