Here's one that you don't see too often because it's from the Antioch mint. AEQVITAS AVGG reverse: [ATTACH] RIC 64; RCV 9491; RSC 3d; Hunter p. xcix
Very coppery, indeed! I have these darkly patinated examples and it's impossible to tell how brassy or coppery the orichalcum might have been:...
@Ken Dorney is holding the longest e-auction ever! Look at the closing date in this email I received this morning: [ATTACH]
Annia Faustina, #194: [ATTACH] Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE. Isinda, Pisidia; AE 25.0 mm, 8.55 gm Obv: ANNIAN...
There is indeed a lot of variety in the style with which she is depicted, depending on mint. This one, for example has been attributed by some to...
He's referring to this table from RIC 7: [ATTACH] And it looks laureate, draped and cuirassed to me. So B4. Our very own @Victor_Clark has a...
Like this Gallienus with a Fecunditas reverse type. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Centenionalis, Siscia mint, RIC 165
That is the correct way.
It gets really tricky and how to classify a coin depends on the purpose of the collection. For a "one of each emperor" collector, than any...
Dionysus, a panther, and a thyrsus, you say? [ATTACH] Faustina Jr., 147-175 Roman provincial AE 9.06 gm; 24.7 mm Thrace, Anchialus, AD 147-175...
I was about 25 when I got my first one but about 35 when I started collecting them.
These cheapies do the job! [ATTACH]
A palladium is a statue of Pallas Athena. Many coins show a diety holding a Palladium.
Very cool!
Here's one from Syracuse! [ATTACH] Philistis, wife of Hieron II AR 5 Litrae; 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm Syracuse, Sicily, 270-230 B.C.E Obv: Diademed...
That's it! Strong work, Kirk!
Lion walking right reverse types are particularly common on Roman provincial coins from cities in Moesia Inferior and Thrace, such as...
LOL! :D
Thyateira (also spelled Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar, which means white castle. [ATTACH] In Revelation,...
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