Aurelian: [IMG] Aurelian AD 270-275. Roman silvered billon Antoninianus, 3.60 gm, 21.7 mm, 6 h. Rome mint, officina 9, issue 11, early –...
Nice one! I love my Cybele in a lion quadriga coin. Here's my favorite lion coin, though, which I purchased from @Ken Dorney : [IMG] Greek...
I found another example online -- a double die match -- that allows me to reconstruct the reverse legend in its entirety. I've edited the OP to...
Along the northeastern Mediterranean shore lies Antiochia ad Cragum, an ancient city located in the western area of the Roman province of Rough...
That Gallienus has the MARTI PACIFERO (Mars, the bringer of peace) reverse type. Its Sear catalog number is 10288. Its RIC number is 236. It could...
Thanks for your help, @Justin Lee, @shanxi and @TIF. It's time to send it back to the dealer. I would always have doubts about it and never feel...
Lovely!
Exactly. Here's a Salonina in my own collection: [ATTACH]
Thanks, everyone, for your help so far. I have Emmett, which I consulted, but it doesn't go into enough detail about the presence/absence of a...
Here's the coin in question. I posted it in a thread last night: [ATTACH] The more I think about this tetradrachm, the more it bothers me. I was...
New one from Frank's most recent auction. It's scarce and I am having a difficult time finding other examples online, though a similar coin is...
The only Koinon of Thessaly coin I have is this barely identifiable one of Marcus Aurelius: [ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Roman...
Cool!
Ha! Clever!
Cool! I love this sort of thing!
From Frank's latest auction. This sestertius features Felicitas, the personification of happiness, good luck, and prosperity. There are many words...
This "brass as" of Trajan has a countermark: [IMG] Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h. Struck in Rome for circulation...
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Some time ago, I purchased this sestertius of Herennia Etruscilla and opened up the envelope in which it was shipped in the mail. I got distracted...
Camel! [IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman AR denarius, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 103-111. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust,...
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