Here's Jupiter letting it all hang out on a not-exactly-fine-style antoninianus of Gallienus: [ATTACH]
Interesting notion, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix . Perhaps that's why there's a rug-rat -- somewhat unexpectedly, too -- on this denarius of AD...
Surprised nobody has yet posted Elagabalus in his bull phallus headgear! [ATTACH]
How delightful, @ominus1 ! I have too many Vesta coins to post them all, so I'll just pick this one of Julia Mamaea on which the goddess looks...
Exactly! It's very common on ancient coins, such as these. Click on them to see the phenomenon in higher magnification: [IMG] Faustina Sr, AD...
These coins of Gallienus were struck by the millions and they were of debased metal, of poor workmanship and, with the exception of his "zoo"...
Lovely coins! I still need one of those AETERNITAS star denarii for my Faustina I collection.
Let's see your coins of Faustina I with veiled busts or anything you feel is relevant! ~~~ Specialist collectors know that it makes no sense to...
Wow! Thank you, @Jimski for posting this! That is certainly an interpretation that I never imagined. Thank you so much for posting the blurb from...
Remember, the figure on the coin represents a real statue in the temple of Venus Victrix. The column was needed to support the statue to keep it...
That is a lovely coin, @TTerrier , and you are justifiably proud to have acquired it for your collection. You mention ... That is Venus...
It is, of course, a miniature poodle!
Nemesis with her usual attributes: [ATTACH] Nemesis holding arshin (cubit rule?) and bridle; wheel at feet. Gordian III and Tranquillina, A.D....
This one sold for $120 (not including buyer's commission, various fees and postage) at a CNG auction in 2012: [ATTACH]
That one is better than average. Many of them are barely identifiable. Here's my monogram of Marcian, for example: [ATTACH]
Not this coin. This one is of Marcian. You can read the obverse inscription, as you've noted.
Here is the coin: [ATTACH] Here is the listing in RIC: [ATTACH] It's monogram type 5 and the "lines of monogram curved, sometimes disjointed"...
Maybe ... ... but, as @dougsmit notes, Is the same design with the legend in the dative case (Veneri Felici) a different reverse type from the...
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@Valentinian -- The Gallienus with the SAECVLARHS AVG reverse link doesn't work, nor does the Postumus Rhine river god one. Some listed at your...
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