Fun tale and interesting iconography on that coin. I like the tie-in with the mosaic.
Wow, @Orfew , that was quite a lot of study and hard work! Informative!
Nice coin! Interesting because the obverse has an officina dot (or two?) below the bust on the obverse but not in the exergue on the reverse....
My heaviest sestertius doesn't come close, weighing in at only 27.6 gm. It is large in diameter, though, at 34.75 mm: [IMG] [IMG] [ATTACH]
I'm glad you had a wonderful time at the show and came home with something very interesting, @dougsmit ! Does a Roman provincial count? [ATTACH]...
Always nice to snack on an antoninianus of the guy who invented the antoninianus.
CNG is misreading the year on the reverse here. It is year 8 (eta H, not IΓ); it IS listed in Emmett (1581) and it is NOT a mule. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not a mule, either. That is a year 8 bronze drachm of Alexandria, Emmett 1581.
From 8:00 reading clockwise I read ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒЄΥC. Greek for IMP C T AEL HADR ANTONINUS PIUS -- Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius...
That's fascinating and well-argued! I look forward to part II!
"I don't get no respect. Three of my coins have never appeared at Coin Talk! And look at that Uberitas -- last time I saw a face like that it was...
Looks like folks left poor ol' T-Bone out of this thread: [ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253 Roman AR antoninianus, 3.84 g, 20 mm. Antioch,...
This coin comes in many different bust varieties. Yours is laureate and cuirassed, right, seen from behind. The RIC listing for this coin is:...
I have only two provincials of Salonina, though I have a couple dozen antoniniani. I have the same issue as Doug ... [ATTACH] But my favorite is...
Odessos is a good guess, given the paucity of letters in the reverse inscription. Moreover, the horseman riding right is extremely common on coins...
All of @dougsmit 's interesting examples reminded me I have this one, with 6 letters placed vertically in the right field on the reverse:...
I was wondering if you could rephotograph this so it is better focused. The reason I ask is that this coin was minted by both the Rome (RIC joint...
My favorite Philip II: [IMG] Philip II as Caesar under Philip I, AD 244-247. Roman Æ sestertius, 19.61 g, 28.3 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 245-246. Obv: M...
I wish the labarum were a little more clear, but with Procopius you can't be too picky. [IMG] Procopius, AD 365-366 Roman Æ centenionalis, 2.70...
I have that same tetradrachm! [ATTACH]
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