Amongst my recent purchases are some eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. Here are my first two (the third is still en-route from Switzerland)...
I have finally tracked down my own Galley type. Bastien dates this type to being issued between the usurpation by Magnentius on 18th January A.D....
Another new purchase. On May 1st, A.D. 305 Diocletian abdicated after 20 years as emperor. These abdication types celebrate him in his retirement...
Some absolutely fabulous coins here folks. I haven't been around here for a couple of weeks and am just catching up and it seems that I have...
My first ancient which was bought for entirely egocentric reasons. When your name is Martin and your are named after the Roman god of war what...
I have a few eagles. You can't have too many Ptolemaic eagles in an eagle thread. Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Silver Tetradrachm...
I think that we can be more categorical in asserting that it is fake. It looks like a cast (or even a cast of a cast) of a known fake produced by...
My only Julia Paula. [IMG]
My only Sinope Sinope, Paphlagonia, Silver Drachm Obv:- Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace Rev:-...
Very nice. My only Mag Max Siliqua for comparison. [IMG]
Augustus Denarius Obv:– AVGVSTVS DIVI F, Bare head right Rev:– IMP X either side of Apollo Citharoedus standing left with lyre, ACT in exe,...
Aeolis, Myrina, Tetradrachm Obv:– Laureate head of Apollo right, hair braided, ribbons flowing behind. Rev:– MYRINAION left, Apollo Grynios...
Abdera, Silver Drachm Obv:– Griffin springing left. Rev:– GR-W-TH-S, laureate head of Apollo left in linear square, within incuse square Minted...
I don't have any and really don't want to start another obsession (though it is highly tempting) Two additional examples that don't shed any...
My Demetrios isn't so obviously oval. Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter, tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Demetrios I right inside a fillet...
This was my nicest Seleukid until I sold it last year. That was a sad day. Seleucid Kingdom, Seleukos I, tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles...
I don't buy slabbed ancients as a rule and have broken almost all of them free. The one I didn't break out I sold. Slabs aren't for me. I do look...
Bought in the order shown below. The second not being as nice as the first in terms of some detail but allowing the confirmation of the reverse...
I have a liking for horse/bull types. Here is my Pharkadon. Bull wrestling seems to have bee a right of passage in areas of Thessaly and several...
The "scoop" seems to correspond to where a cutting tool has been used to cut into the coin to determine if it is solid or plated and it has dug...
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