Yes, he took the step of requiring Christians to renounce their faith and sacrifice to the genius of the emperor as a way of returning to...
Lately I've been buying 3rd century antoniniani on an accelerated pace. This new one comes from @John Anthony 's auction of last week. The...
Also, from your last photo it appears to be a "GLORIA EXCERCITVS" type with two soldiers flanking a standard.
Either a broken die for the reverse or tough encrustation. If you look carefully you can see NOB C on the legend so my guess is Constans or...
The Stanford art museum has a great collection of Ptolemaic and Roman tets of Alexandria, and the history museum in Amman, Jordan has a great...
Appears genuine to me.
Fertility gods were relatively common in the ancient world and point out the differences in morals between then and now. For comparison here is...
Very cool, thanks for the story.
Great coin @Orfew - I dig the cool 1970's style mustache and hair. I wonder if he used a blow dryer on his hair? I swear it looks like he had a perm.
Great aureus @AncientJoe ! I've got a Maxentius follis coming in the mail, my first non-provincial architecture type.
Here's my Phillip ant. VICTORIA AVGG. Nice and shiny and a bit toned. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
"Enrich the soldiers, and scorn all other men" -Septimius Severus on his deathbed in York.
Here's my facing bust Honorius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Uncleaned hoard, sorry!
Very cool @Mat - congrats on the heavy ant and the honorius!
Nice coins!
"Blessed or Happy Tranquility" is the meaning in Latin. It has to do with the emperor's genius, I suppose. I don't have an example of this type...
A few of those in your satchel or bag and you'd get a tired shoulder.
Looks good. Thumbs Up:cat:
Nope - it looks pretty good already!
I've got a few of these as well from uncleaned hoards. This one had no detail when I got it but olive oil/dental pick freed up some of the...
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