Hope this counts: Drachm struck by Perseus and co. during the Third Macedonian War (c. 168 BCE) against Rome, to pay Cretan mercenaries. (There...
I believe I can read the ethnic used for Neapolis in Samaria/Judaea. Probably under Domitian (provincial portraits could be highly variable)....
I don't have a strong opinion on the dating of these, but the first Pompey listed in RPC Online is dated Year 96 = AD 30/1 (Tiberius): Volume: I...
Here's an error coin I don't think I've posted here before: [ATTACH] Roman Imperial. Gallienus AE Antoninianus (3.49g, 20-22mm, 6h), Antioch,...
I particularly like the SOLI INVICTO with captive. (It's interesting that this captive is holding his arm up, almost like an adlocutio gesture....
That's a great subcollection. I've been keeping an eye for one of the ones with a captive, (nearly) always with wolf & twins in the pediment. I'm...
Almost forgot I had this one (the Phoenix is in Theodosius' hand on top of globe): Emperor Standing over Bound Captive: Theodosius in Galley,...
That's kind of a summary news story, not the actual archaeological work, so I wouldn't see that as an indication the archaeologists are ignoring...
Nice to see this post get another breath of life! Here's my favorite Licinius II -- It overlaps my two favorite collections: "Barbarians &...
Note: Now realizing my headless Sphinx Obol might be a headless Griffin Obol, here's one more (almost) Sphinx.... You can't quite tell unless you...
Nice sphinx & very detailed Kleinbronzemünze! (To use one of my favorite bits of numismatic German.) That's a great 3/4 facing portrait, which was...
The inscription on the obverse that looks like the name "Constantine" is actually ΘƐΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ = Theon Synkleton = "Divine Senate." *...
Rather than post my Valerians (Shapur did take him & bring him back home to Persia, after all), here's my miniature Persian Achaemenid Quarter...
Very interesting! Error coins usually are. They often reveal something about the process or conditions of coin production that we can't see from...
Greek OWL coins? Many coins have owls, but do you mean the Athens Tetradrachm, like the type below: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Just to...
A good opportunity to share my favorite portrait on any coin at all. I find her endlessly fascinating. I'm convinced this was an actual living...
Four coins of Tiberius come to mind from my collection, 2 or 3 of whose types (or similar) are represented above (including the Tribute Penny)....
I've posted a lot of my Alexandrian repeatedly, but have a few unposted. Or not posted much! Here's a new favorite. Hadrian AE Drachm from...
Sorry for the time-out from the game, but I couldn't resist! Ooh, great Celtic Tetradrachm! I was checking out the awesomely abstract lyre &...
One nice thing about having a Julian II bull from the mint of Antioch is that we have a famous contemporary account of the citizens of Antioch...
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