Actually, it's the Greek letter stigma, used for the number 6. Digamma looks like this: F
I like the reverse on that. Temple of Artemis?
That's knee-slapping HILARIOUS!
11.66 grams??? That's underweight for a sestertius, even of Gallienus/Salonina, especially one 29 mm in diameter. The coin appears to be...
Does anyone here have a coin on display at Austin College's Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins? While browsing the site, I saw a familiar one:...
Once something has been published by experts, it's difficult to change people's opinions. The BMC is apparently the earliest published listing of...
It's not unusual for coins to depict the emperor as the sun and the empress as the moon. See, for example, this one of Augustus and Livia from...
The identities of the rulers portrayed on this little coin from Claudia Leucas (Balanea) in Sryia have been a puzzle to numismatists for a long...
Lots of eye-appeal! A fine acquisition.
The only bronze Pudicitia standing coins of Salonina in RIC--joint or sole reign--are some Antoniniani and an As (RIC 51, sole reign). Asses of...
I am at work and don't have access to my references, but I do have an authentic "reduced sestertius" of Salonina and it's much smaller. I think...
Here's one with a weakly-struck VICTORIA AVG reverse: [ATTACH]
I'll chime in with my nicest Aelia Flaccilla: [ATTACH]
This Pulcheria is pretty lightweight: [ATTACH] Roman AE-4 Half Centenionalis Constantinople, AD 414-423 0.82 gm; 14 mm Obv: AEL PVLCHERIA AVG,...
Okay, here are my Leo/Aelia Verina bronzes. #1 [ATTACH] Leo I Roman AE-4 Half Centenionalis Constantinople, AD 457-474 0.82 gm; 10 mm Obv: DN...
Museum-pieces! Wonderful acquisitions in 2016!
I have a couple of little Aelia Verina bronzes; I'll post them this evening.
Absolutely stunning! All of them museum pieces, but the Calligula with the three sisters reverse is my favorite.
I'm going to go with genuine, then.
I love that Philip Sestertius!
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