How did I miss that thread? I must have been away for a while. Thanks for posting the link--lots of cool stuff there!
My only Bactrian Hermaois, King of Bactria, and wife, Calliope 90-70 BCE AR Drachm 16.2 mm 1.80 gm Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΟΠΗΣ,...
It's been a few years since we've had a Syracuse thread and folks probably have some new ones to show off. I don't collect a lot of Greek (I...
Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE AE 21.4 mm 7.57 gm Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, r. Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding r. SNG ANS-113;...
Jan says, "Marciana, Marciana, Marciana!" [ATTACH]
Here's the listing in RIC under "Asia (Antioch)": [ATTACH]
You get to the second half of the fourth century and a lot of the portraits look cartoonish.
One that might be described as "the nadir," PROVIDENTIA AVG: [ATTACH] And one that's fairly decent in style and still with quite a bit of...
Tacitus may have a geeky neckbeard, but his armor is cool! [ATTACH]
That's a sweet coin, and likely a bargain to boot!
Caracalla & Julia Domna AE27 Pentassarion Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis. Magistrate Quintillus. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC IOVΛIA DOMNA, confronted...
Julia Soaemias 218-222 Roman Provincial AE 22 Sebaste, Samaria 21.4 mm; 12.48 gm SVAEMIAS AVGVSTA SEB Bare-headed and draped bust, r. COL L SE...
Here's a Didia Clara sestertius for the thread. Rome, AD 193. 21.16 gm 30.5 mm DIDIA CLARA AVG Bare-headed and draped bust, r. HILAR TEMPOR SC...
Very nice! I like those Alexandrian tets of Nero.
The CAPTCHA challenge-response test at Pegasi's website has been watching too many episodes of the Sopranos, I think. [ATTACH] "You buying that...
The first step in the process is to try to find the emperor or empress's name on the obverse inscription. This is often buried in the middle,...
Thanks for the info, Doug, as always.
WOW! :wideyed:
Fascinating, as usual, Doug!
I actually have the plate coin from Houghton! [ATTACH]
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