A new auction win. Anyone know anything about this countermark? Post any comments, Severus Alexander provincials, Apollo and Artemis coins, or...
The phoenix (φοῖνιξ) is a mythological bird that has immortality by being endlessly reborn from the ashes of its predecessor. According to...
Hungary has issued a coin commemorating the obstetrician who discovered hand-washing as a way to prevent infections. [ATTACH]
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Wonderful coins!
Middle bronze coins of this empress are hard to come by. Here's my humble example, clearly an as because of the copper highlights: [ATTACH]
Very cool! I love how the titulature of Roman coins reflects the historical events; this is a fascinating example of that.
You might also get confused by Faustina II's daughter-in-law Crispina, who also wore her hair in a bun on the back of her head, but it was larger....
Here is a thread I wrote about Lucilla's hairstyles.
Faustina Senior's bun is on the top of her head: [ATTACH]
The OP's coin is a MB of Lucilla, RIC 1757; BMCRE p. 574, *; Cohen 55; RCV 5518; MIR 11.
Neither. That's a hairstyle used by Faustina II's daughter, Lucilla. Yours is the middle bronze equivalent of this coin: [ATTACH] Lucilla, AD...
Wow! That is a heavy one! Well-struck and on a big flan, too! Great examples of how the mint in Antioch dated the coins this way!
I'll toss in another Caracalla: [ATTACH] Caracalla AD 198-217. Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g, 19.7 mm. Rome mint, AD 211. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG...
Unusually thick and heavy flan on this one from the Antioch mint. It's interesting because it's dated -- the PXV in the exergue is short for TR P...
I understand that a non-numismatic image from antiquity depicting Aeternitas with a clear zodiac circle would confirm the zodiac circle theory,...
Nice! Here's mine: [ATTACH] Florian, AD 276. Roman billon Aurelianus, 3.28 g, 21.2 mm, 12 h. Cyzicus, officina 3; issue 1, AD 276. Obv: IMP...
This is an excellent start. It is admittedly Eurocentric. Moreover, it's very male-dominated. It also lacks a very fundamental aspect of life in...
Thank you for your kind words. I'm having a lot of fun with this. I don't think that the Faustina denarius depicts a "half-zodiac band." The...
Getting back to @Okidoki 's post about the aureus of Hadrian, here's a photo of the Mosaic from Sentium (now in Munich's Glyptothek) depicting...
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