[ATTACH] Such a cute little boy! His parents should have sent him to a military academy.
You better hurry! I'm cornering the market. :sour:
I love the reverses on these coins: Eirene kicking back, all those bad-ass eagles and Serapis wearing a trash can on his head! What a guy!!
You are a dawg! I have been beaten into politically correct submission by the last 5 decades. I only see the uniform not what's inside. No matter...
Killer eagle on the Claudius II. And the Claudius II Tyche is also special.
You can still blame it on the NyQuill!
I like these little fat coins. The reverses are interesting. Here are some of mine.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
"With Aurelian he is Vabalathus but when striking alone at Antioch he was Vhabalathus. At Alexandria the Greek form has a double lambda." From a...
[ATTACH] The real Zenobia
Tiger blood! on the rocks.
Because Vabalathus is a latinization, his proper name in Arabic was Wahb-Allaht?
Extra H but I don't know why? I assume alcohol was involved at the mint.
Ah the underwater feeling of NyQuil!
The Watson book refers to the Antiochene mint? your right though, it doesnt say on the same coin but both mother and son claim "augustus"! Bad move.
I can't make out legends...does it have AVG on both?
Aurelian leads expedition to Syria through Asia Minor. In c.March the mints of Antioch and Alexandria strike coins for Vabalathus as Augustus...
John Anthony, how is it that you have stuff like this article just laying around!? :jawdrop::jawdrop:
Well, that explains why I can't find it. I'm reading "Aurelian" and the third century by Alaric Watson and it seems Claudius II and Aurelian were...
Does anyone have this coin? It seems that this issue is what sealed the deal with Aurelian and he made his move to put them down. I have the coin...
Well played, sir! Truly humorously.
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