I spent many years buying low end coins and slowly working my way up. I spent loads of time drooling over the websites of trusted dealers...
I do not collect on these lines at all having several areas of tight focus and then a random shotgun approach to other areas. I did buy myself a...
There is variation in the depiction of peacocks too... Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right Rev:– IVNO REGINA, Juno,...
A nice start to what could easily become a J D obsession. How about this one that I am fairly sure I haven't shared here. Julia Domna denarius...
Magnia Urbica AE Antoninianus. Obv:– MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back...
Having not bought a Probus Alexandrian Tet. for a few years I have been buying several in recent weeks. I know it is yet another Pribus Tet. but...
I have spoken to many collectors who have turned into dealers and all too often the collecting goes out the window with collections being broken...
Welcome to the world of ancients. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III facing right. Rev: FELICIT...
Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of...
Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated...
I have a Seleukos I Nikator tet. too if that is acceptable. Seleucid Kingdom, Seleukos I, Silver tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles right, clad...
I only have a single lifetime issue coin of AtG. All my other coins are posthumous issues. Alexander III The Great, Silver tetradrachm Obv:-...
Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, Laureate bust right Rev:- TRANQVILLITAS AVG COS III P P,...
Hadrian denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P bare head right Rev:- COS III, Virtus,standing right,...
Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGSTVS (sic) P P, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:- P M TR...
Here is the most common Eastern mint coin type. Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate...
This was sold as a Rome mint coin. Some Eastern mint portraits are almost good enough in style to be from Rome but the reverse style distinguishes...
We would expect AVGVSTVS P P, for Pater Patriae. I am aware of a couple of eastern dies that end with AVGVSTVS P. Strack did not list any. An...
It is down to the style of the engraving for the legends, portrait and deity. The style is much more crude than the Rome mint examples.
My newest Hadrian arrived yesterday. Another eastern mint oddity! Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P (sic), Laureate head right Rev:- COS III,...
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