[ATTACH] AR Denarius of Julia Domna 194-217 CE., wife of Septimius Severus, "VENERI VICTR - Venus", RIC IV 536AR CE. "VENERI VICTR - Venus", RIC...
I now have a small collection with basically two tiers that I consider complete or close to it. My full collection stands at fifty or so very...
Just got a digital scanner(!!)so am looking at photos of my original collection from slides and negatives only, taken in the 60s as a teenager....
[IMG] RIC II 9 Anonymous Æ Quadrans / Olive Tree Date: time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva right Reverse: S-C,...
I kind of inadvertently acquired two coins in this auction today. Not sure how it happened but it did. Here is a wiki link that explains the two...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea: Mattathias Antigonus AE 8 Prutot Jerusalem Mint 40-37 BCE Obverse: "Matityahu the High Priest and...
Once in a rare while I see an ancient carrying the wisdom of the number secrets behind our manifested cosmos. Rarely are those very affordable(ie....
Well I was just looking for an inexpensive lot of Romans for a new class of students but could not resist a Lucius Verus with a Demeter reverse...
This write-up is a continuation of the original post on the Dioscuri on coins and in global lore. Here it is...
The bright twin northern stars adjacent to the milky way have been revered by peoples all over the globe for many thousands of years.[ATTACH] In...
Post your ancient coin jewelry. This is how you may wear your coins w/o destroying them(kinda).(a sour subject here on ancient CT) This may have...
OK Roman collecting friends. How often did they get their Roman numerals wrong? Was this to better fit the flan or were they indulging a little...
Phrygia, Laodicea 2nd-1st Century BC Obverse: Head of Aphrodite right Reverse: LAODI KEWN Aphrodite seated left holding dove BMC: 25-26 var...
Antoninus Pius Macedonia, As a Roman Province (Koinon) 137-161 AD Obverse: AYT K T AI ANTWNINOC Laureate, draped bust right Reverse: KOINON...
I now have three ancients that are magnetic. A Fals of the Sultans of Malwa(not really ancient but very old), A smallish RPC from...
Ok, not generally purchasing coins from non-established sellers anymore on ebay but I promised a female student of mine a Faustina II and needed...
The seller attributed this coin to RIC 528. It has the IMP AUGUST legend on the obverse but it has a wreath of ten bundles of leaves on the back....
Here are two RPCs- Caracalla and A.Pius with Pi on obverse in left & right fields. Post your obvious Pi-s. Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217....
Thought this was quite divergent from any I have seen of these types. I haven't been able to find a full attribution yet. Rhodian Peraia, Carian...
Just won this one. Unlike many folks here on CT condition is not that important to me especially if it has a pretty patina with a good portrait....
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