Yes, you do! For you may never have another opportunity to get a "better example" in your lifetime.
This otherwise attractive denarius of Julia Domna features a rather ghastly-looking Pudicitia, who looks as though she were wearing a gas-mask....
Actually three! I forgot this one issued under Caracalla, which has the same reverse type as RIC 575 (Severus) but a different obverse...
Provincial coins with Titus are underappreciated. Let's show this provincial some love! [IMG] Titus and Domitian, Caesares, AD 69-81. Roman...
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Lightning injures tourists at the acropolis! [ATTACH] [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.10 g, 20.1 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD...
Lovely example, @Pishpash ! Here's a posthumous issue by the sons of Constantine I commemorating the two wives (Helena and Theodora) of...
Edited. Valentinian beat me to it. Diocletian: [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-304 Roman AE Antoninianus; 19.4 mm; 3.32 gm Cyzicus mint, AD 293-94 Obv:...
Update. I found this one at OCRE, from the Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. [ATTACH] It's a...
Speaking of old-time collectors, I like this one. "Portrait of a Collector" by Parmigianino (1523) in the National Gallery, London. [ATTACH]...
[IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, ca. 133-27 B.C. Greek Æ dichalkon, 16.4 mm, 3.74 g, 2 h. Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right. Rev: AΣKΛHPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ,...
The middle coin in your photos demonstrates that the flans used for these coins were cast en chapelet, that is, using molds in which a number of...
I think that's Philip I, based upon the beard.
Yep; Sear misattributed that one, I think. Moreover, calling my coin Philip II is more consistent with the listing in BMC 20 (Galatia, Cappadocia,...
I found this very interesting example from CNG e-auction 379, lot 315, July 27, 2016. It has a very similar obverse portrait to mine, with very...
I'm 100% sure of the die match. Look at the shapes and spacing of the letters on the obverse. Now look at the folds of the drapery and the ties on...
Nice one! I agree yours is Phillip II on the basis of the portrait. See the coins illustrated in Sylloge Nummorum Commagenum, above.
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Neat! I like the little one with the kneeling goat and the hemilitron from Himera. The only thing I have similar (surprisingly not an Augustus...
Way to go! Looking forward to reading more about your endeavors in the future.
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