Here's the last pagan empress and last appearance of Venus on a Roman coin: [ATTACH] Galeria Valeria, daughter of Diocletian, wife of Galerius,...
[ATTACH] Leo I, AD 457-474 Roman AE-4 Half Centenionalis; 0.82 gm; 10 mm Constantinople, AD 457-474 Obv: DN LEO, diademed and draped bust,...
Lettering is the most accurate way to compare, so the reverse definitely is. The obverse is probably a match, too.
Interesting!
Good grief! Look at the size of Gordian III's nose on this one! Post your "not exactly fine portrait style" coins! [ATTACH] Gordian III, with...
Here's a Gordian III with Athena, but alas, no anguipede giants or combat. [ATTACH] Gordian III, with Tranquillina Roman provincial Ӕ...
Really cool reverse on that coin and outstanding write-up! I hope it gets chosen as a featured article!
Here's one from the late empire--Aelia Flaccilla, the wife of Theodosius I. Often, coins of this era are crudely rendered, but I think this...
I think you're on the right track. There is a great deal of similarity in the reverse portrait on the OP coin and the Tyche portrait on the...
Pretty coin! I like a glossy black patina.
I can confirm it's of Tranquillina; the obverse inscription reads CAB TPANK[VΛΛEINA] CEB. The tough thing is to identify the city it's from or the...
Julia Domna is fascinating, indeed, and I have dozens of coins with her portrait. I also find Faustina Junior very interesting, both historically...
No; I studied Biblical Greek formally for many years.
Galeria Valeria was the daughter of Diocletian and the wife of Galerius. Good fortune abandoned her after the death of her husband in AD 311. On...
Gorgeous!
I suggest looking through the stock at one of the V-coins stores and just see what catches your eye. I'd start off as a "magpie collector" of...
I'll make it numismatic by showing my eta sigma phi classics honor society medal. Basically, it's the equivalent of "I studied Latin and/or Greek...
Yes, it's almost certainly to a wife. The feminine article before CΥΖΥΓΩΙ identifies it as the second declension feminine noun used by Euripides...
It won't be translated by Google because it's ANCIENT Greek, not modern. It reads: To the one yoked together with me Let this be a monument to...
He posted it later in the thread when he realized it didn't show up.
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