"What? Roman Collector posting Greek coins? Has the world gone mad?!" you ask? Well, I have a couple of Greek coins lying around. These two are...
Funny how everyone but the OP has a Spes reverse type!
That's if the reverse inscription reads--as I think it does--TR P XXI IMP IIII COS III and the obverse legend is M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX.
If it's a wand over a globe, then it's Providentia. RIC III 176; Cohen 890.
More likely Fortuna, given that she's steering a rudder set on globe.
Nice! And the price was right, too! Here's one: [ATTACH] Tetricus II, Caesar AD 273-274 Roman Æ antoninianus, 18.2 mm, 2.73 g Mainz or Trier,...
From a numismatic standpoint, similar coins of this emperor are commonplace. This was less than $40: [ATTACH] Galerius. A.D. 305-311 Roman Æ...
Fantastic! I love my RIC set.
It's a follis of Galerius as Augustus, most likely from the Serdica mint and with the GENIO AVGVSTI reverse. I'm thinking RIC vi, p. 499, 35:...
Yes, she is Clemency! My bad. I have edited my OP accordingly. I got her confused with Liberalitas, the personification of the indulgences given...
Over the years, I've managed to accumulate nearly every personification that appears on the reverse of Roman coins. But somehow, Abundantia got...
This thread keeps getting more and more fascinating.
That's not Phillip II ... THIS is a bronze of Phillip II! [ATTACH] What's that you say? Phillip of Macedon? Like this? [ATTACH] Ohhhhhhh!...
Carinus must have been doing some wrist curls! Post your coins with bizarre human anatomy! [ATTACH] LOL! But when you're a celator pressed for...
Sweet tets, @Mat ! I don't have a Carinus tet, but do have this ant: [ATTACH] Carinus, Augustus AD 283-285 Roman billon Antoninianus; 3.80 g,...
Very fascinating thread, @TIF , and gorgeous coin. I can only chime in to answer one of your questions, but I can do so definitively. It is an...
Looks like the portrait size is too large on the incuse side.
Yes, that is Roma in that temple.
Lovely sestertii, Ro and Eduard! And where is @Ancient Aussie anyway? He'd love this thread!
I know I just posted this coin, but I've been reading about its design and want to share what I've learned. [ATTACH] Maxentius as Augustus, AD...
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