Here's a theme song for your collection, @randygeki ! [MEDIA]
Nice provincial issue of a popular emperor! Here's my most recent Claudius provincial: [ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54 and Agrippina II, AD 50-59....
A couple of gems! That one from Antioch is well-struck and well-preserved!
What an exceptionally well-executed and well-struck reverse on that one! Beautiful coin!
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Wow, @Marsyas Mike ! What a fascinating article! I had no idea! I rephotographed my example of RIC 1395 since I originally posted it: [ATTACH]...
Lovely lefty ladies, @arizonarobin ! Those are some rarities! I agree that it's unusual to see a left-facing bust on a Roman Imperial issue prior...
I wouldn't put much stock in the specifics of the temple design. The inscription makes it clear as to what the coin is promoting -- that the city...
That is a lovely coin, indeed, @arizonarobin ! AA and I have BMCRE 1464-65; the one with the lighted altar such as yours corresponds to BMCRE...
Wow! Nice coin! And what a tale of all's well that ends well. I don't have an Antiochene tet of Phillip II, only one of his mama! [ATTACH]...
Great write-up, @Ancient Aussie ! Here's my prettiest Trajan: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Oh, nice and thick, @Ryro ! I like a nice, thick lady. I got 'em, too -- from Agrippina I ... [ATTACH] To Herennia Etruscilla ... [ATTACH]...
That IS a heavy one!
I doubt that verdigris will come off without leaving unsightly pitting beneath it. Leave it alone.
These men doing all the conjecturing were coryphaei in their fields and their conjectures were taken as having greater weight than warranted in...
That's a lovely example, @Ancient Aussie !
Show your coins depicting altars or altar enclosures -- real or imagined. Comments and anything you feel is relevant are most welcome. ~~~...
I have AMNG I (Pick) and that is indeed the correct listing: [ATTACH] The reverse description is translated as "Bearded Priapos standing left,...
Nice ones! I particularly like the Nero because it has the statue of Apollo Didymeus on the reverse. Nice-looking Nike on that Alexandrian...
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