My latest acquisition--a denarius of Julia Domna from Laodicea. Post whatever you feel is relevant! Laodicea ad Mar was a Phoenician town,...
far more likely -ЄΩΝ
Scene from mythology--the abduction of Persephone: [ATTACH] Julia Soaemias, AD 218-222 Roman provincial Æ 21.4 mm, 10.97 g Samaria, Sebaste,...
Only a few in this price range. Pricey, not because they are beautiful, but because they are scarce: [ATTACH] Antony and Octavia cistophorus...
Agree. Triptolemos is a male; this is clearly a female deity--probably Demeter/Ceres, who is typically depicted with torches and/or grain ears and...
[ATTACH] Caligula AD 37-41 Roman provincial Æ 28 mm, 11.17 gm Carthago Nova, Spain, AD 37-38 Obv: C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANIC. IMP. P.M. TR.P....
That is HILARITAS, and she's holding a palm frond and a cornucopiae. It is, indeed, a coin of Faustina Junior, the wife of Marcus Aurelius and the...
[ATTACH] Faustina Jr., 147-175 Roman provincial Æ 19.8 mm, 5.32 gm Samaria, Neapolis, AD 161/162 Obv: ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑΝ CЄΒΑCΤΗΝ, bare-headed and...
[ATTACH] Faustina Jr, AD 147-175 Roman provincial AE 25.1 mm, 8.88 g Thrace, Augusta Traiana Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust,...
Victorinus, Tetricus I and Tetricus II [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Coin arrived in the mail today. It is almost certainly Caracalla, Varbanov 3007, at 1.92 g and 15.4 mm. Obv reads: [MA]P AV K ANTΩNIN; reverse...
@Loong Siew -- now you have to tell us what the next theme is so we can post a coin with the theme.
I don't know about the future of collecting modern coins, but the market for ancients is still pretty solid. I think in the foreseeable future,...
I love a coin with a provenance! Nice job! Here's one of the plate coins in my collection. From Lindgren I: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great write-up! Helps me to understand the backstory about this one in my collection: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 Roman AR Denarius;...
I don't have many in this price range--I'm more of a < $100 per coin guy--but these sestertii of Severus Alexander and his wife fall into this...
That's Carson's theory and David Sear seems to support it, too.
I haven't posted this one in a while: [ATTACH]
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