Many thanks, jamesicus - visual guides like this are very helpful to me. Sometimes I get a bit boggled trying to read through the verbal...
Interesting coin and write-up, David. I have a crusty MVNIFICENTA as of Antoninus Pius that was issued for the 700th anniversary of the founding...
Great post - I really enjoyed all the examples. Valerian's portrait is not done at the best time for Roman art, but almost all of them, even the...
That has a particularly charming medieval portrait. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed the numismatic and culinary approach here - two of my favorite things. Until TIF came along, I never made the connection -...
That is a beautiful coin, panzerman.
Nice tets, everyone. I don't have one, but I hope it's okay to slip in a humble AE issue from Antioch with the mysterious SC: [ATTACH]...
An interesting series actually - read somewhere that the drachms may have been minted in Rome for use out East. They seem to be abundant:...
I don't think it is a denarius... drachm, I think. And yep, that's a camel.
Some real beauties posted, for sure. Not quite as nice, but I thought Marsyas from Deultum looked pretty good on this one: [ATTACH] Severus...
Terrific write-up JG. I have a Trebonianus Gallus sestertius that supposedly relates to the Plague of Cyprian with a somewhat unusual Apollo...
A couple years ago I scored a lot of denarii off of eBay. It was mostly common stuff, but one of them a Liberalitas issue of Commodus is...
My mouse pad - a souvenir from Rome. It stops at Diocletian: [ATTACH]
In my Trajan Decius example, I am calling it a mule only because the reverse type (Mercury) is known only for Herennius Etruscus or Hostilian, at...
Speaking of mules and Milan, here is one (I think) from Trajan Decius/ Herennius Etruscus (or Hostilian): [ATTACH] Trajan Decius Antoninianus...
Interesting question. I have several coins of Trebonianus Gallus and when I try to attribute them, I am somewhat confused by some of the mint...
Very impressive. I am rather jealous...the only ancient coins I find lying on the ground are the ones my cat knocks off the nightstand. Please...
Great post, and a lot of appealing examples of Serapis. I just got an as of Caracalla with Serapis standing on the reverse, hand raised with...
I have a drachm of that type (thanks, TIF for that research): [ATTACH] Macedonia Kingdom Drachm Antigonus I Monophthalmus (c. 320-306 B.C.)...
Yes, I could not find Howgego or any other reference to this countermark. However, there were a couple of other examples offered at auction....
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