TGIFF! [IMG] This is a new arrival to my Numophylacium Faustinae. I purchased it because it depicts the empress wearing the stephane,[1] an...
When this ex- @Stevearino coin came up at a recent @John Anthony auction, I found it intriguing. [ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon...
Researching this new acquisition for my numophylacium gave me flight of ideas, a symptom of mania or psychosis! :eek: But the only mania I have is...
I've had this coin since the early 70s, when I was a kid. I know it's one of the most common and least pricey of the series, but I would like your...
This interesting article, "The Phrygian Background of Kybele" by Birgitte Bøgh (Numen Vol. 54, No. 3 (2007), pp. 304-339), describes the way the...
Let's see your Eternal Rome coins! Coins of T-Bone, or anything you feel is relevant! Coins depicting the cult statue of Roma Aeterna in Rome's...
Gold and bronze coins bearing the reverse inscription IVNONI LVCINAE and depicting a female figure standing, holding an infant in her arm, with...
Trebonianus Gallus was the only emperor of the mid third century that did not become emperor as a result of civil war or regicide. Rather, his...
TGIFF!! Yes, it's Faustina Friday!! :joyful: This coin is a new addition to my Numophylacium Faustinae. It was likely part of the large issue...
These are a couple of semisses that have been part of the CT community for a while. These coins once belonged to @jb_depew and to @Theodosius. I...
Waiting for this one to arrive ... [ATTACH] Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.15 g, 22.05 mm, 6 h. Serdica, 4th officina, 4th...
Post your coins depicting someone wearing the stephane, comments, or anything you feel is relevant! Though often referred to in the numismatic...
This is a new arrival to my Numophylacium Faustinae. I purchased it because it depicts the empress wearing the stephane,* an example of which was...
Of course it's a repro ... [IMG] But this one of Marc Antony is real: [ATTACH] Antony and Octavia. AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm. Ephesus,...
We know that Faustina II died sometime during the winter of 175-176, at Halala, a small town in the Taurus Mountains of Cappadocia, where Marcus...
Sure, everyone likes it smooth ... [MEDIA] ... like the middle bronze versions of these coins ... [ATTACH] Faustina Senior, AD 138-140. Roman...
Let's see your coins of Faustina you consider to be of "fine style"! I have a handful of denarii in my collection whose portraits are quite...
Both of these are RIC 73, but the reverse legend is broken differently. Is there a specialist catalog or reference that assigns them different...
Today's Franklin's World depicts the moon goddess Diana Lucifera/Selene as being tired of yo-yo dieting (waxing and waning)! [ATTACH] Here's a...
Caveat emptor! I looked at this listing on V-Coins and thought to myself, "What a weird variety, where Ceres doesn't hold a short, transverse...
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