Nothing special, but a good deal at auction. Post whatever you feel is relevant! [ATTACH] Galerius. A.D. 305-311. Roman AE follis, 26.0 mm,...
Cool! Here's a tet of Diocletian from my collection: [ATTACH] Diocletian, AD 284-305 Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12:00 Egypt,...
The inscription is so poorly rendered, it is illegible and I'm a professor of Biblical Greek! Perhaps it's in another middle-eastern script.
On my phone and can't use Greek font, but the symbol before the names on the cross in the bottom photo stands for 'AGIOC, which means "saint." The...
Hill (The Coinage of Septimius Severus and his family of the Mint of Rome A.D. 193-217, p. 8) has identified five different styles of bust for...
Nice! My favorite Elagabalus is this one. It's the last issue of an Antoninianus--a denomination introduced by Elagabalus' cousin-once-removed,...
Here is my example of the OP coin for comparison: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Postumus, AD 260-269 Roman Billon Antoninianus; 2.84 g, 21.1 mm Cologne, AD 265-68 Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG, radiate, draped and...
Looks fine to me.
Nice coin! And thank you so much for the Bement sale catalog photos!
The Roman one--at the lower right of the first photo--is an Antoninianus of Aurelian (IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG) with the RESTITVT ORBIS reverse type....
That's interesting how it's an overstrike. I'm glad you kept it after all these years.
Thank you @Ken Dorney and @maridvnvm ! RIC V is just a hot mess, isn't it?
A recent purchase. Fairly nice as far as these go. Sure, it's a bit ragged, but the reverse die wasn't particularly worn when it was struck and...
I really like that triga, Doug! Nice pick-up!
Very nice style on that one, @zumbly . I like Pieta's expression on the reverse, too.
Each purchased more than 15 years ago, but in this price range. Julia Titi denarius from Stephen M. Huston: [ATTACH] And a sestertius of...
Three different periods of minting have been identified according to the obverse legends of Domna’s coins; the first period of production from...
Thanks! Got it from Victor.
I think--based upon the Greek inscription in the exergue--it is from Sagalassus in Pisidia or Termessos in Lycia. I believe the exergue reads...
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