They are both very nice @Steelers72
Quite a difference in art interpretation and both your coin and mine were struck close enough to be contemporaries.
Great coin. Now I want one! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] AEOLIS, KYME AR Hemiobol OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly...
[ATTACH] CLAUDIUS AE As OBVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P, bare head left. REVERSE: Minerva advancing right, holding shield and...
[ATTACH] CLAUDIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right REVERSE: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis...
[ATTACH] L FURIUS CN F BROCCHUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FURIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Bust of Ceres right between wheat-ear and barley-corn; III VIR...
[ATTACH] TITUS as Caesar AR Dupondius OBVERSE: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PONT TR POT II COS, Radiate head of Titus right REVERSE: ROMA...
I have quite a few ugly LRBs, but here is one: [ATTACH] ANASTASIUS Half Follis OBVERSE: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed...
I've not done it in Iraq, but I've picked up pottery shards in several countries. I won't now.
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I was in Riyadh on staff with CENTCOM, but because of my duties I got to travel and Jeddah was one of those locations.
In my dotage, I realize just how small the world truly is.
I was there in 1991. Not at all what I had pictured in my mind. I think that's true about a lot of places I've traveled.
Good sleuthing
This is the only Theo II I own and wow is it a pig or what? [ATTACH] THEODOSIUS II AE4 OBVERSE: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped &...
The first is Antoninus Pius provincial. I'll see if I can get more information. The second I have no idea other than it's not ancient
Yeah, I've always wanted a nice example, but I'm afraid of buying a forgery. This one would not entice me.
[ATTACH] VOLUSIAN AE30 OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right REVERSE:...
[ATTACH] M. PLAETORIUS M.F. CESTIANUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLAETORIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Bust of an Vacuna right, wearing a wreathed and...
Not the nicest coin in my collection, but the patina is nice [ATTACH] SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AE17 Assarion OBVERSE: AV K L CEVHPOC, laureate bust...
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