Probably bad spelling. The coin is almost certainly genuine.
It's actually supposed to be a beard, even though snakes don't really have one. This page discusses this issue briefly.
That's because he's wearing a lion-skin headdress and you're used to seeing Commodus with a laureate portrait.
That's a beauty, Doug, and a very interesting photo technique! I don't have any Alexandrian tets of Decius or Herennia Etruscilla. In fact, I...
Well, O and Ω are separate letters. One is a little o, the other is a big O. This is reflected in their names O-micron and O-mega. Think of micro...
A provincial of Faustina Jr. Its surfaces are rough and it's darkly patinated, so it didn't photograph all that well. [ATTACH]
Although it's not as complete as one would like, particularly as far as illustrations go, the SNG project is online.
Agree. It should read ΠΛΩTEINOΠOΛEITΩN.
Thank you very much! I bought it from William Rosenblum, who specializes in coins of the Holy Land. Wow! I didn't know about this! It's awesome!...
What a nice gesture!! Welcome to the world of ancient numismatics. Nice new addition. Here's mine: [ATTACH]
Finally arrived today from Roma's auction in January: [ATTACH]
Cool! Another of the seven wonders was the temple of Artemis in Ephesus. I wrote about this a few months back.
If it's attractive to you, I wouldn't consider the centering to be an obstacle. As long as a portrait is intact and the major devices remain...
Informative thread! Thanks!
[ATTACH] Trajan Decius Billon Antoninianus Rome AD 250 21.7 mm, 3.62 gm Obv: IMP CMQ TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate bust, r. Rev: VICTORIA...
Good grief!
Diana, the twin sister of Apollo, was regarded as the moon-goddess. Luna is the Latin word for moon. When given the title of Lucifera ("the...
I think your denarius is good, Ro. It has sharp features and you can see the flow lines from striking and everything.
Picked up a group lot of some pretty nice Roman provincials. [ATTACH]
I stand corrected and have been miscategorizing my LRBs for a long time. What the catalog means to say is "seen mostly from the front" and "seen...
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