Very interesting, @Roman Collector. The more I read about the provinces...the more I have to read. The history and politics there reach so far...
Great write up and pieces. I am a sucker for a good political piece myself.
@The Trachy Enjoyer This is very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Nice collection of tetarteron.
That’s a really fantastic coin. I think the minor chatter keeps it at a 65 but man I would snap up that coin in a heartbeat.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2300-year-old-apse-discovered-in-istanbuls-city-of-the-blind-1234593908/ Thought you all might find it...
@svessien I hear what you are saying. I try to keep an eye on many items even if they don’t fall in my current specialty in case opportunity...
@svessien Those are all excellent coins. Eventually I will buy myself an argentus from Diocletian with the tetrarchy. I hope to find as nice of...
I’ll second both Commodus (maybe as Caesar?) and for sure Philippopolis. @Harry G If you look on the right of the obverse, you will see KOMODOC....
Neat examples and a great original post by @Scipio.
Great map! Thanks for sharing
I actually started collecting these coins because of you & your Victoria collection, @lordmarcovan. I really liked the copper of Great Britain...
The India coins of Victoria are some of my favorites. Beautiful coin, @lordmarcovan
I bid on two coins. One was bid just over what I wanted to pay which would have been fine to stretch a little if the other coin was reasonable....
Very cool. There are similar bronzes from Sicily.
@Gavin Richardson Thats a great picture. I hope to go see them myself someday soon.
Thanks @Ricardo123, I thought I had seen something similar recently but I couldn’t remember if I posted or who did. In either case I like this...
https://followinghadrian.com/2021/02/18/18-february-ad-121-titus-haterius-nepos-prefect-of-egypt-visits-the-memnon-colossus-hadrian1900/ Enjoy
A really interesting coin and post. It’s intriguing to think the imperial authorities would set up production mint what they needed and shut it down.
Fascinating coin, fascinating lighthouse. Congrats on a great pickup. It is jarring to the mind when you see something like the lighthouse in...
Septimius Severus, Denarius, VOTIS DECENNALIBVS AR Denarius Septimius Severus Augustus: 193 - 211AD Issued: 202AD 20.54mm 3.59gr O: L SEPT SEV AVG...
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