Here's a couple of left-facing Probus portraits: [ATTACH] Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.78 g, 20.1 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD...
No neckbeards, unfortunately, on these Alexandrian tets. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The usual reverse type: [ATTACH] A different type of HILARITAS reverse altogether: [ATTACH] And a dupondius: [ATTACH]
New online resource from the ANS is online with more coming soon. That's the press release. If you want to go straight to the coins, click here.
He must have had tens of thousands of those coins.
The latest Coins Weekly and the Eichstätter Kurier report the story. It happened in broad daylight but nobody was looking and the screens of the...
Lovely coin! Bargain! Here's the latest Trajan acquisition: [ATTACH] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman AE quadrans, 3.68 g, 16.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD...
Interesting article. [ATTACH] And here's a Hadrian coin to keep it numismatic: [ATTACH]
The two coins you've asked about are NOT barbarous; they are provincial issues.
Lovely coin, @David Atherton ! Glad you were able to intercept the mail carrier and get it! I guess ol' Vespasian didn't issue enough of these...
What an interesting architectural type! Very cool! I only have the typical Temple of Roma Aeterna type: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's a gorgeous example of a scarce coin. I only have antoniniani of him and an Alexandrian tet.
The ubiquitous croc: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The ubiquitous Neptune standing as: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Beautiful coin! Victory is a common motif on Roman coins throughout its long history. There are coins depicting Victory seated, Victory standing...
You wouldn't know it from the sellers' photos, but these coins have lovely patinas. Sellers' photos: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I try to limit my monthly budget to 5% of my paycheck.
Nice! But don't tease us; let's see the reverse!
Nice ones, @Justin Lee ! The funnest part of ancient coin collecting is the research and attribution!
Now that the LIBERALITAS thread has been resurrected, I realize I erred in attributing one of the coins I posted. I had attributed it based on the...
Great write-up, @Jochen ! [ATTACH] Centaurs sacred to Apollo as part of the Gallienus "zoo" series: [ATTACH] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman...
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