Thanks @Deacon Ray, I always enjoy looking at posts of your great collection which are so wonderfully presented!
Here are some examples of coins of Herod the Great and his successor sons. After dad died, Augustus ultimately decided who got what, naming their...
On the coins below, Tiberius goes from a rather "normal" nose to more of a "beak" due to the different styles of the engravers. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin @robinjojo- very attractive on both sides! I don't think I've seen Athena portrayed like that on a coin before. Here's Athena...
[ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I 405-367 BC. AE Hemilitron. 17mm. Athena/Hippocamp.
Wow, Orfew- one of only two known! Great to have the RIC plate coin also! Here's my clean-shaven Titus: Titus as Caesar (79-81 AD). Denarius....
Nice portrait and overall coin!
Here's another example of Livia on the reverse of the denarius of Tiberius: [ATTACH] Several of the coins (AE prutah) of Valerius Gratus, the...
Thanks for sharing this background information and the link to the very nice "Seleucid identification site"- I really like the way this tool has...
It would certainly have been time-intensive to manually add the serrations to the Roman flans (v-shaped notches fairly symmetrical from edge side...
Obol. 9 mm, 0.75 g. Circa 454-404 BC [ATTACH]
Ionia, Miletos AR Obol. 325-475 BC [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Sidon. Sixteenth Shekel. 401-365 BC [ATTACH]
Interesting article- thanks for posting the link and your example of the coin!
I have a few, but for posting, chose this blank cap that wasn't labeled by the soda pop bottling company. [ATTACH] You can see the extension from...
:nailbiting: Emerging Gorgon- run!
Bing, you have a fine collection of these!
Both are nice examples of a green patina- the second one is bright like a neon green! [IMG]
Very interesting article, from which I learned much about this coinage- thanks! Ed Snible's page is also excellent! [ATTACH] Mysia, Parion....
Nice lighting effect
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