Nice thread! Below are some of my imperial Mars coins. 1.) Mars victor ("Mars the victor"): [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire,...
That's easy – medieval bracteates are usuall made from flans about as thick as tin foil: [ATTACH] Abbey of Fulda, under Heinrich IV. von Erthal,...
Not sure whether this is kebab or shashlik, though: [ATTACH]Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, denarius, 235–236 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS...
Here is the humble bronze version of the type @panzerman has shown above: [ATTACH] Valentinian I, Roman Empire, AE4, 364–367 AD, Thessalonica...
I have posted most of my Postumus subcollection on this board, but here is a coin I didn't show yet. I bought it in 2021 and somehow never found...
That's an attractive hemidrachm. Maybe it once resided in the same box as mine (also ex-BCD)? [ATTACH] Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of...
Nice set! Your Titus denarius is excellent and has an unusually interesting reverse. The Domitian is exceptional because of the anepigraphic...
Thanks for the write-up, @Roman Collector ! I happen to have this denarius in my collection but didn't know about the backround you provided:...
That's absolutely insane. At least two people either made a mistake or just didn't have to care about money. And in case the looser in this...
[ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 222–235 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA MAM[AEA] AVGVSTA; bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped,...
That's a very attractive coin! The only imperial quadrans I have is this little owl, which came as part of a very generous gift from my anonymous...
I like Beba trays. They are considerably cheaper and a bit easier to store and stack than Abafil trays: Some Greeks in their trays: [ATTACH] My...
I got a couple of Diocletians. The second one is my current favorite: [ATTACH] Diocletian, Roman Empire, AE antoninianus, 285–286 AD, Rome mint....
Mine is also sneering a bit: [ATTACH] Claudius, Roman Empire, as, 41–54 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [TI] CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bareheaded...
That is a sesino minted for Gian Galeazzo Visconti as Duke of Milan but in Verona. It dates 1387-1402 AD. The obverse legend reads "D MEDIOLANI...
To be honest, I was lazy and used the transcription of the legend from Numista, changing the mint and date:...
This is outside the challenge since the coin is medieval. Yet I doubt that anyone can beat the length of the legend on this Seljuq dirham. The...
This Saturday, I'd like to post an LRB that I recently bought. It's only my second ancient coin for this year. I didn't have the Chi-Rho type in...
Thanks! And the portraits are even better when they are looking at each other: [ATTACH]
I think the question is not whether a provenance is noteworthy or not, but to what degree it is noteworthy. To me, there are different kinds of...
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