I know I've got at least a couple of ancient coins with birds, but I don't seem to have photographs of any. However, birding is my other main...
Nice coin @Sallent, you're correct that it does seem to be the most common denarius type for Augustus (in general, though you have a scarcer...
A few good non-catalogue coin books: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@ro1974: I like your OP coin, that's a good example of how a coin can still have nice eye appeal even if it's not a perfect "investment"-grade coin.
Very cool! Later coins in the series are in billon or copper, but carry the same basic design with just the legend changed. Here's my example,...
Here's my first ancient coin, a fallen horseman of Constantius II: [ATTACH]
I have just one Axumite coin, an anonymous bronze from c.350 AD: [ATTACH] Note the Greek legend (obverse reads "BACILEWC" and the reverse is...
It's true that Chinese cash and (non-pictorial) Islamic coinages can be hard to get into. I also suspect that most Western collectors of these...
Remember a few years ago, when HBO had the series "Rome"? During the second season, which covered from the immediate aftermath of the...
Grrr... I messed up, it is indeed Meiji 27, not 26... that's what I get for trying to read Japanese and Arabic coins in the same night.
(Cue c.1960s stock footage of Krusty the Klown:) "I heartily endorse this event or product." :happy: But seriously, the ACCG is doing good work,...
Well, you're correct, it is a one yen coin from Japan, dated Meiji 26 (= 1893 AD). Looking at my catalogue, it's not a particularly scarce year...
At first glance, this looks like an ordinary coin of Sasanian Persia: [ATTACH] However, careful examination reveals it's actually an impostor,...
Here's my Faustina Junior showing the infant Commodus and his twin brother on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Just to clarify, this is not from the official government of Malta, this is from the Order of Malta. The Order of Malta is descended from the...
Okay, that makes sense. I was using my trusty older copy of RIC, which is the 1968 reprint, which I think does not make any substantive changes...
I'll defer to you on the precise date, since this is your specialty. I got the 70-71 date from RIC, but there could be newer research that...
Very nice coin @Eduard! Good write-up too- I always like it when someone explains the history behind the coin rather than just show a pretty picture.
You are correct, I somehow left off the final VS of AVGVSTVS when transcribing the legend. I guess my brain saw -VSVES- and somehow shortened...
One last Roman coin for now: [ATTACH] Roman Empire. AR denarius. Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). Obverse: Laureate bust right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS...
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