Thanks, but I like that patina... I shall never attempt to clean this dupondius. Maybe, after my death, if none of my heirs wants to keep this...
The "Sponsiani" coins have been discussed since the 18th c., some numismatists thought they were modern forgeries while others thought they were...
Poor Cleopatra! They made her look like Mark Anthony!
[ATTACH] Macrinus (tetradrachm minted at Hierapolis (Mambij)) next : Lion
Could these aurei be contemporary Indian imitations? After all, there is no real evidence they were actually found in Transylvania... [ATTACH]
(just a note about Gallienus :) Gallienus was not Augustus from 260, he was Augustus already since 253. When Valerian became emperor in 253, he...
One thing is clear and undisputed: this coin was not minted by professional Roman coin minters. It is a gross imitation of a Roman aureus....
[ATTACH]Gallienus, AE antoninianus, Rome 267/8 Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Rev.: SOLI CONS AVG / A, Pegasus jumping right Next up:...
[ATTACH] This one from Israel
Yes it was. After all, Antioch has been the capital of the Near-East (capital of the Seleucid Kingdom, after this of the Roman Province of Syria)...
I think it is because of the Z : 7th officina. In the late 3rd c. only Antioch had so many officinas numbered in Greek.
[ATTACH] Another patinated antoninianus with the Pannoniae...
This reminds me the powerful verses of Sophocles in Trachiniae, lines 518-522. The Choir is telling the fight between Herakles and Acheloos :...
A very good specimen of beautiful classical style. The flowing haired river-god is one of the nicest I have seen on this kind of coin... :woot:
[ATTACH] Galba, dupondius... Uncleanable, but nice portrait. On this one he is not bald, he just adopted the military hairstyle, which became...
... and also to this one seen on Vcoins[ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Nero, semis, Rome 62-68 Obv.: NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER P M TR P IM: head of Nero, laureate, right Rev.: CERTA QVINQ ROM CO / S / S C: table...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, sestertius, Rome AD 153/4. Obv.: ANTONINVS AV-G PIVS P P TR P XVII, bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, slight drapery on...
Very interesting coins, indeed... Nonnos locating this myth in Arabia may also be due to the fact that Dionysos and Lycurgus are the Greek names...
Nice coin! I think the technical term is "scyphate".
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