Wow those are a couple of great coins. Love the Aethelred!
This question has probably been asked before. My first coin ever was a Gordian III antoninianus I bought back in 1980 (10.5 years old at the time)...
Really good silver on that one!
OK, then the mystery continues!
RIC VII 49 has a helmet decorated with two stars whereas RIC VII 49D does not. Therefore your coin which does have two stars on the helmet would...
Holy Cow the Probus looks great! Nice cleaning job.
I found one of those double antoniniani on wildwinds. DEO ET DOMINO (GOD AND LORD) [IMG]
Very interesting "heavy" (really heavy ant). I don't think any rulers struck a double antoninianus, so a fascinating mystery. Cool coin @Finn235 !
Interesting background information on the Cyprian plague. Thanks.
Great coin @David Atherton !
Great OP coin and glad that you could find an example and get it back in your collection.
Congrats!
Thanks TIF! I got 10 right, not bad I guess. Tricky in a sense. I guessed correctly on one of the adoptive emperors.
A barbarous radiate of a Gallic Empire ruler, probably Victorinus (268-271) or Tetricus (271-274)...
I found this interesting article on all kinds of Roman military armor/clothing... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_military_clothing
I have an Alexandrian tet of Titus... Titus, A.D. 79-81 Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 9.3 grams, 12h EGYPT, Alexandria. Year 3 = A.D. 81 Obverse:...
Looks like the example either on the far left or the far right in @Severus Alexander 's post.
Here's a toned Phillip the Arab. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's interesting to see Roger holding a Norman kite shield as one sees in the Bayeux Tapestry... [IMG] Great example @Severus Alexander and...
Provincial coinage was much more plentiful in the eastern part of the Empire with its koine Greek speaking population. In the West it was...
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