My only Perseus, a tiny bronze: [ATTACH] Perseus, 179-168 BC Macedonia Greek AE 14.8 mm; 2.77 g Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in...
Excellent gallery going so far. Time to move on to Trajan, Plotina, Marciana, and Matidia! [ATTACH] Plotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta c. AD...
Oooh...nice!! I love those big pentassaria of Septimius Severus from the Balkans. Here's one of mine from Anchialus: [ATTACH]
What's up with the stuff in the field on the reverse of this denarius of Faustina Senior? An overstrike? Looks like it. Does anyone recognize the...
I found an inexpensive used copy of Martin Beckmann's Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces. I'll post a review when it...
Lovely toning on that tet!
My only Sicilian but I love it just the same: [ATTACH] Philistis, wife of Hieron II AR 5 Litrae; 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm Sicily, Syracuse, 270-230...
Nicely centered coin with honest wear and a lot of eye-appeal!
Nice-looking coin with a very interesting history!
Use the Unicode classical Greek inputter here and you'll be writing Ω Θ Φ and Γ in no time!
Lovely example, struck with an unusually fresh reverse die. Here's a Philip from my collection with a Felicitas-with-a-Princess-Leia-hairdo...
There's not a lot of consistency in Claudius II's portraits. I think he looks like Jed Clampett here: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Victorinus, AD 269-271 Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g 20.1 mm Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to Treveri), AD 269/70 Obv:...
Thank you, Victor; that coin is not shown at online Göbl and I had no way of knowing. It seems it would be from the Mediolanum mint. Is that the...
Note Providentia's odd pose: while her shoulders seem to be squared up facing the viewer, her hips must be twisted 90° to allow her legs to be...
This is a tough one because it just doesn't quite match any catalog description. [ATTACH] Obverse inscription is probably GALLIENVS AVG because...
Lovely examples of coins that are typically poorly struck, poorly centered, and poorly preserved!
Time to move on to Vespasian Jr and Nerva. I have no provincial examples, so please post yours!
I have a similar silvery SALVS AVG with Aesculapius one: [ATTACH]
Exactly. The design is used on this LIBERTAS PVBLICA antoninianus of T-bone: [ATTACH]
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