Some nice pick-ups there @furryfrog02 ! Congrats.
Great coins and nice write-up @seth77 !
Looks Roman and I'll agree that it is probably Antoninus Pius.
Anthemius, 467-472 Emperor of the West Anthemius, AV solidus, 4.26g, Rome mint. DN ANTHEMIVS PF AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding...
Any more folks? I suppose we can start plugging some of the holes from wildwinds.
I don't recall any coins where the emperors hold swords other than the argenteii of Diocletian and the tetrachs.
IIRC that famous mosaic came from a Roman villa - is that correct?
Phillip II as Caesar, Prince of the Youth holding spear, point down, straddling captive [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coin and excellent write-up. There are echoes of this in the present times.
Really like that Triskeles!
I have one of T. Decius... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A nice one there @panzerman - congrats!
I'm not very familiar with Islamic coins so I am not much help. good luck.
Great coin!
They were cranking out these gold coins to pay off the barbarians to keep them from attacking. I see nothing to indicate they are forgeries, for...
Good coin. Maybe see if you can free it from its housing (without damaging it).
Nice coin @Choucas
Interesting error and OP coins.
Very interesting coin.
Here's the pic, anonymous folle of the 10th century. Had for a good price. [IMG] [IMG] The lot I lost on was a Tacitus Billon tet of Alexandria,...
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