People don't usually ride goats ... [IMG] Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h. Cologne, AD 257-258....
That's a lovely sestertius of Pius! The economy was good and political conditions were stable during the Antonine era and coins circulated for...
Not many. They are an area ripe for research. This is a good article about them. This is a good video about them: [MEDIA]
Those are called bracteates.
SALVS REIPVBLICAE: [IMG] Eudoxia, AD 395-404. Roman billon Æ 4 reduced centenionalis, 1.94 g, 14.9 mm. Cyzicus, AD 402-404. Obv: AEL EVDOXIA AVG,...
This is an enigmatic issue. The numismatic evidence (RIC viii, p. 79) indicates the series was initiated immediately after Constantine's death,...
Lovely provincials!
Corinth [IMG] Caligula, AD 37-41. Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g. Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius...
I like Fortuna on this denarius of Hadrian. She's wearing one fancy stola: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I justify keeping the second one because it's better centered and the break in the obverse inscription is different! ;)
I had this one ... [ATTACH] ... but bought this one by mistake! [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Next: "Slight drapery on left shoulder."
Yes, they are.
The bare-headed issues are early in any case. BMCRE considers the IVNO CONSERVATRIX type to have been the first denarius issued by Severus...
Ha!! Love it!
Update! I was reading the catalog of Wiczay's collection published in 1814 and he apparently had a copy of the OP coin in his collection! One...
Just noticed the "Joe Cool" Felicitas on these issues of Julia Mamaea: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
In the course of researching the various reverse types of sestertii of Julia Mamaea, I am not convinced that RIC 699/Cohen 66 (VENERI FELICI,...
Stunning!
With a patera and cornucopiae, I'd say it was Homonoia/Concordia, as those are her attributes. Moreover, there several issues of this denomination...
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