Very cool. FYI the art museum at Stanford has an excellent collection of ptolemaic coins from ptolemy I soter up through Diocletian. Not online...
Great coin Ken
I used to have a MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM antoninianus of Gordie but it was in my first collection I sold (partly to cover college tuition) one of my...
Congrats @Deacon Ray ! Great coin and I'm glad to see it went to a good home.
I have 80 fel temp reparatios with the fallen horsemen. Too many to post or photograph, some are big, some are small, some are poorly struck, some...
Here's my provincial bronze wanna-be-roach (Moesia Inferior) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks Gavin for the nice coin share and the interesting background information.
Great statue and highly symbolic.
I agree that Ammianus is one of the best historians of the late Roman period and gives a real glance at military and political affairs, as well as...
Here is my $20 Claudius Gothicus - pretty good deal for this coin! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin and interesting historical angle @Bing - congrats on getting it.
Very nice website James. I just noticed this thread. You've packed a lot of excellent information about the tetrarchy in there and I think it's a...
Great coins @Valentinian ! I've been reading Ammianus Marcellinus sporadically and he describes the siege of Singara and the war with the Persians...
Nice blog @Orfew - impressive!
That's a very nice mythological theme on the reverse Ed. Congrats on having this coin in your collection. Thanks for the editing tip, too.
I actually had to take several photos in order to get these images @TIF - kinda dark I agree but the coin has a nice black patina. Next time I'll...
Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (c. 225 – aft. 244) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Gordian III. She was the young daughter of the...
Macrianus ants go for around $500 so this was kind of a steal.
If I recall correctly, this one of Vabalathus was right around $75. I generally pay between $50 and $100 for coins and pick them out from...
Thanks @TIF Here is the coin, Antoninus Pius, Laodicaea ad Mare Obverse: Portrait of AP right Reverse: Portrait of Tyche left, with city...
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