The war in the east resulted in victories over Armenians and Parthians. [ATTACH] Lucius Verus denarius. 19 mm. 3.39 grams. L VERVS AVG ARM...
You are welcome. It is awesome. Grab a picture book on Roman history out of the library (look for an ancient-coin book while you are there) or...
Even a small quadrans can have nice lettering: [ATTACH] 18 mm. 2.97 grams. The smallest Roman imperial denomination of the time. Struck under...
I hope it is the second edition, which is far superior to the first. It has much greater coverage of very late Byzantine coins. You will find it...
As Victor noted, it is a "radiate fraction" a.k.a. "post reform radiate" (not a laureate "follis"). Here is a web site on the denomination:...
On page 51 Prier has this obverse (with radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left and this legend) as 290 (4 examples, but the eagle has tail left)...
Here is a Diadumenian tetradrachm from Antioch. He looks like a boy. [ATTACH] Son of Macrinus, 217-218, he was 9 or 10 during the reign. 26-24...
(American) football is a great sport to watch. You get to look at coin catalogs most of the time because of all the interruptions in play. 60...
I once walked with Bluma Trell to the site of a numismatic meeting. She was coauthor with Martin Price of "Coins and Their Cities: Architecture on...
Experiments have shown that a copper-silver alloy with c. 15% silver and maybe even as low as 10% silver, or more will, when struck, have the...
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