Aurelian Antoninianus OBV: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right REV: VICTORIA AVG, Victory facing, wings spread, rising up between...
Maximinus I AR Denarius OBV: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REV: VICTORIA AVG - Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm...
Hadrian AR Denarius OBV: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder REV: COS III, Victory seated left, holding wreath and...
Off Topic, but I like your Avatar today Jerry. It should be your permanent one!
Otho AR Denarius OBV: IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right REV: VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory standing left on globe, wreath extended in...
Galba AR Denarius OBV: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M - Laureate head right REV: VICTORI APR - Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and...
Augustus Quinarius OBV: IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right REV: ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on...
AUGUSTUS As OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right REV: Altar of Lugdunum, Victory on each pedestal, ROM ET AVG below Struck at Lugdunum....
L. FLAMINIUS CHILO ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBV: ROMA; helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Denomination mark X before REV: L. FLAMIN...
If I have a hard time with the denominations of the coins I collect, you can imagine what kind of problems I might have with obsolete terms for...
Augustus AE19 (Semis) OBV: VIC AVG, Nike/Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm REV: COHOR PRAE PHIL, three military standards...
Illyria AR Drachm OBV: MENISKOS, cow & calf, Nike flying above with wreath, thunderbolt in ex REV: DYR KAL LW NOS around double stellate...
Thanks Doug. That's what I was looking for. I also found the following two lists on another site: And this:
Yeah, "etymology" is the word I was looking for. It was slow on the other forum as well. Probably for the same reasons. Oh well, I thought it...
Thanks. Yeah, I've read that link before, and it answers my question only partially. What I'm looking for are the origins of the words used.
I just found part of the answer. The name "Sestertius" comes from Semis tertius meaning three halves of an As or that a Sesterius is equal to one...
This seems to be another slow night down at the ole forum, so I thought I'd ask this question to see if we can generate some activity. What is...
I have the same coin with Trajan but the she wolf is crouching left (RIC 694): [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I think that is the result of my photography. There is no silver remaining if ever there was any.
Sometimes my mind works much faster than my typing fingers. :o
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