βασιλεὺς (basileus) is the nominative singular. The genitive plural is βασιλέων (basilewn). The phrase appears in the New Testament in two...
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You'll be interested in the article by W.S. Wright, "Silphium Rediscovered," which appears in Celator 15 (2): 23-24. Now, the author's conclusion...
Mine is an Antoninianus with a rather pedestrian reverse type and ridiculously irregular lettering in the obverse inscription: [ATTACH]...
Well, I may have been the first to post a new Frank coin. I had to show off my Florian in the old Florian thread.
Just picked this one up from Frank's auction (Frank's photo). It's the same issue but from a different officina at the Cyzicus mint: [ATTACH]...
Nice detailed lyre on the reverse of this Gordian III and Tranquillina marriage issue: [ATTACH] Gordian III and Tranquillina Roman provincial AE...
Here's a super-common one from Antioch: [ATTACH] Macrinus, Augustus AD 217-218 Roman provincial Æ 19 mm, 3.80 g, 12:00 Syria: Seleucis and...
Cool!! I was successful on 6 lots!!!
No--that's for Auction 102, from NOVEMBER 20. He has yet to post them from auction 103.
Fantastic write-up! Fascinating coin, too!
Nice catch! I picked up a rare Nerva denarius in an analogous situation a couple of months ago.
That's cool. I found something similar in a bulk lot: [ATTACH] Barbarous imitation of Constantine Two Victories or perhaps GLORIA EXERCITVS...
[ATTACH] Caligula, AD 37-41 Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus,...
He's bug-eyed on this marriage commemorative from Odessos: [ATTACH]
Here's a Maximinus II GENIO from my collection: [ATTACH] Maximinus II Daza, AD 309-313, as Augustus Roman Æ follis; 21.4 mm, 4.88 g, 12 h...
Lovely Arcadius. These bifocal-defying little coins aren't usually so well struck or well-preserved. Here, for example, is my nicest Arcadius...
Welcome, @Blake Davis ! Great first post! Lovely coins. Domna bronzes under Severus: [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217 Roman oricalchum...
Very nice; I'm convinced that particular portrait style was modeled after this exact statue in the Capitoline Museum in Rome: [ATTACH]
Many numismatic works describe her hairstyle as braided and with pearls intertwined. However, none of the statues that depict her have pearls in...
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