That's an interesting coin, @tenbobbit . It doesn't even copy an official issue. There are only a handful of denarii of Faustina II issued under...
Fascinating thread about a numismatically significant and very rare coin! As you know, I'm very interested in die studies and this thread deserves...
Yours needs the Numophylacium Sulzerianum numos antiquos Graecos et Romanos aureos argenteos aereos sis tens olim Iacobi Sulzeri treatment! [ATTACH]
Oh, and if you're wondering what those Greek letters are doing in the upper right corner of the listings in Sulzer, it refers to the size of the...
Even MORE fun with Numophylacium Sulzerianum numos antiquos Graecos et Romanos aureos argenteos aereos sis tens olim Iacobi Sulzeri. [ATTACH]
More fun with Numophylacium Sulzerianum numos antiquos Graecos et Romanos aureos argenteos aereos sis tens olim Iacobi Sulzeri. [ATTACH]
Fun with Numophylacium Sulzerianum numos antiquos Graecos et Romanos aureos argenteos aereos sis tens olim Iacobi Sulzeri. [ATTACH]
This new addition to my collection of Venus reverse types arrived in the mail yesterday, courtesy of our very own @Ken Dorney . Isn't she lovely?...
"... and our love become a funeral pyre ..." [MEDIA] [ATTACH] Faustina Senior, AD 138-141. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h....
While Artemis/Diana as huntress was a common motif in ancient coin iconography, coins bearing the reverse inscription DIANA FELIX (Happy Diana)...
That was a common reverse type on small coins (the one assarion denomination) from that city in the early 3rd Century AD. Here's one, for...
Lovely coin! Here's some information about the iconography and legend on the reverse. Jove is another name for Jupiter and IOVI CONSERVATORI is...
Cybele on the reverse for sure.
That is interesting and apparently scarce. Try to track down a copy of Alvarez-Burgos, F. La Moneda Hispanica desde sus origines hasta el Siglo V....
I received this one last Saturnalia from my secret Saturnalia benefactor: [ATTACH] Marcian, AD 450-457. Roman Æ nummus, 1.41 g, 10.3 mm, 12 h....
That's a very reasonable method; it's just for a different purpose than mine. My purpose when cataloging coins is to identify the coin as mine...
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Fascinating story behind that coin's issue. It's information like this that makes ancient numismatics so interesting! I wish I had something...
That one's small, even by Severan standards. The majority of Severan denarii are in the 17.5 mm - 20 mm range. Here's my smallest, a mere 16.7 mm...
Here's another Hercules: [ATTACH] Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman provincial Æ 28.3 mm, 13.70 g, 8 h. Thrace, Serdica, AD 198-217. Obv: AVT K M...
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