That Max Thrax with the Pax is a gorgeous sestertius! Here are a couple of sestertii in my collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi, gang! I hope you can help me. This was sold to me as a quasi-autonomous issue of Smyrna in Ionia, SNG Cop 1304. But looking at the coin's...
Love your page on these types! Thanks for sharing your expertise.
That is the golden apple, awarded to Venus/Aphrodite by Paris. Read about the judgement of Paris here.
Not a spectacular example, but a bargain at auction. Here's Minerva and an owl: [ATTACH] Anonymous--Domitian to Antoninus Pius Roman Æ...
That's a lovely coin!
The apple is a reference to Hercules' 11th labor. Here's a roach with a Hercules reverse, which I posted a few months ago in a similar thread:...
The one on the bottom is a late Roman bronze coin (AD 342-348) with the "two Victories" reverse type. It reads VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN. Hard to...
And, of course, it can be a big design element on Roman imperial issues! [ATTACH]
Here's a Honorius from an uncleaned lot. In hand, the mint mark looks more like SMNA, but in the photo, I'm not sure it isn't SMHA. [ATTACH]...
I think we need to take this with a grain of salt. If true, that raises the issue of whether we truly understand the whole chronology of the...
Senatus Consulto, meaning its value had been decreed by the Senate. Almost exclusively used on bronze coinage.
LOL! More like MaximiAnus, Genius reverse!
For fun, here's another of the Faustina rug rat types from sestertius to denarius, comparing the sizes. [ATTACH]
That's cool! I love the zoo series! I'd have nabbed that one up right away, too! Jim Phelps has a nice paper on them at NumisWiki. Yes, the zoo...
This one of Maximinus II (Daia) shows Genius with a modius: [ATTACH] Maximinus II Daia, AD 309-313, as Augustus Roman Æ follis; 21.4 mm, 4.88...
Here's the listing in RIC. The footnote explains it is difficult to distinguish between the modius and the turreted head but that the modius ones...
Marc is a good guy. I've purchased many coins from him over the years.
And while there is no denarius for this empress portraying the exact same reverse design, there is this similar one, which, as expected, portrays...
Another weekend acquisition--a sestertius of Faustina Junior. It's interesting to see the difference in detail between the devices on the reverse...
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