Also, if you told everyone the diameter in mm and the weight of the coin in grams, it would help us to appreciate that this was not a denarius,...
Welcome, @Collecting Nut ! I'm glad to see you've caught the ancient coin bug! I hope you'll not only show us more of your collection in the...
The devil take wreath-tie positions; I want a catalog that characterizes Gallienus issues by amount of neck-beard present! [ATTACH]
I love the empress's Mona-Lisa-style smile on this denarius. Do you have any coins depicting someone smiling? [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235....
Lovely! And a dual portrait issue to boot! To boot ... get it? To boot ... o_O
Very cool! I have a little subcollection of Nemesis coins and now I need to get one of these!
Go with number 1. The Sphinx's face is well-rendered and well-preserved. The rest is just pleasing circulation wear. If you go with number 2,...
This was such an interesting thread, I had to rush out and get this coin from our very own @Ken Dorney ! [ATTACH] Greek Ionia, Miletos. AE...
Every coin in this post cost < $100. Plotina is unaffordable in an imperial issue, but should be obtainable if you're willing to accept a...
Lovely coins! I admit I'm partial to the Akragas crab and the tetradrachms.
I've never seen that reverse design ever. Very interesting. She is dressed like Artemis -- She wears a chlamys which comes to mid-thigh and boots...
D'oh! Corrected that.
I believe the reverse is Hygeia standing right, feeding snake from a patera. Obverse is hard to say, but from the portraits, I suspect Elagabalus...
I think that has the LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F inscription.
Close. It's Julia Mamaea's mother, Julia Maesa. The obverse inscription reads ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΙCΑ. The reverse figure would be Homonoia with a patera,...
@Bojan : Because of the role apples play in the mythological story of the judgement of Paris.
Lovely middle bronze!
The coins of Lucilla have two varieties of obverse inscriptions: 1) Coins emphasizing that she is the daughter of Marcus Aurelius: LVCILLAE AVG...
That's a very beautiful coin with an interesting reverse.
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