The coin is an VRBS ROMA commemorative featuring the personification of Roma on the obverse and the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus on the...
Maximinus Daia, Head of Serapis, Alexandria mint [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Commodus, Zeus with Thunderbolt [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hadrian Drachm, Nilos Reclining [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's the same coin on Wildwinds.com [IMG]
Good one Erin. Here's my Magnentius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
New one picked up in @John Anthony 's auction of two weeks ago. I hadn't had a chance to photograph it til today...it turns out to be a wildwinds...
Nice coin @catadc
Interesting topic and probably one where getting a definitive answer is a bit tricky. However, I am no expert on western provincial issues. I...
I would steer clear of it. If you bought it already return it to the dealer for a full refund.
I wouldn't clean them, except for perhaps the most encrusted ones where the devices on the coins cannot be readily deciphered. Maybe a soft...
A gradual change in the selection of crops grown. Today Egypt produces vast quantities of sugar in the form of sugar cane which started in the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] One more from London!
Haha. Just having some fun with it.
Excellent coin and terrific presentation Ray. Thanks for sharing.
Another excellent find @galba68 - one wonders how you keep pulling it off, and also one wonders about why the good citizens of the area you cover...
I agree with Doug - how we can be sure it's Septimius and not Serapis? As far as the description of the features, I am not sure that I agree with...
One hopes that the closed monetary system was less susceptible to the factors that caused inflation in the Empire's economy in the 3rd century...
I don't have one of these yet but I will keep my eyes open. There seems to be a lot of interesting stuff from Afghanistan/Bactria, the...
The Otho. You can almost tell from the portrait that he is sporting a rug.
Yeah Athenian Owls are great!
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