JA, I owned one that sounds much like that one but parted with it a little time back when times were tough. [IMG]
Teos, Ar Drachm, Circa 540-478 B.C. Obv:– Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised Rev:– Rough quadripartite incuse square Minted...
Happy birthday! I need to go looking at the ages of my coins....
Still no dog and snake Steve! This one was a birthday present to myself. It has take about a week to arrive. As the song goes "I've go the key...
Wonderful looking example. Snap! Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 2, Dikaiosyne standing Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate,...
Steve, I have a Milne 4632 too. The portraits styles are quite different. Mine looks as though the emperor has as much of a beak as the eagle...
Two more Probus Tets bought from the same source as my new coin. A rough, scrappy tet. but a scarce year and one I didn't have. Probus, Billon...
I haven't bought myself any Probus Tets to add to my collection for a long time. I have stumbled across a few budget items and couldn't resist....
Great coin. No decent elephants here worth sharing. The one elephant type I would love to have is a bit beyond my current budgets - ATG tet. with...
My Posthumous issue suffers from a test cut. Philip II, Ar Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint Obv:– Laureate head of Zeus right Rev:– FILIPPOU,...
A close up of the altar and bull. [ATTACH]
A glorious looking coin of a type that I like a lot. My own example is nowehere near as sharp and also suffers from a flan flaw on the reverse....
Following on from my Elagabalus with horn on floor beside him that I posted recently I thought that I would inflict another Elagabalus (or two) on...
Some great coins folks. I think that this engraver was having fun engraving Genius. [IMG]
I agree with Doug. CERERI FRVGIF would be the logical legend for the base metal coin. Compare with mine. [IMG]
I don't actively collect Flavian coins but admit to being distracted by them occasionally. I have never taken the plunge and bought a Sestertius....
The OP coin is a nice enough example of the product of this mint. I echo Doug's comments about availability of Emesa and Alexandria coins. There...
Have another look at coin 6 as you have emperor wrong. The era is right but that portrait is a dead giveaway.
Here is a sample of what I mean from my own collection... Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– INVICTVS...
One could build a collection of the varieties of these sacrificing types alone. The SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGABAL types give us the name of this...
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