@Justin Lee , The Ghosts of Cannae is a great read, you should like it. A lot of interesting info and stories about Hannibal and Scipio Africanus.
I recently read Ghost on the Throne, great book about the death of Alexander the Great and the cast of characters fighting over his Empire...
That’s a beautiful example @Edessa, I really like that reverse style. The reverse on mine is struck a little off center, so I’m missing part of...
That’s a great siglos, @Ignoramus Maximus! I also really like that little Herakles countermark, thanks for sharing.
This coin from Lydia illustrates a fun but lesser-known episode involving the Greek hero Heracles. As punishment for a violent outburst and a...
I’m interested.
Great coins, @Limes. I especially like your Armenia denarius, that's a very nice example. I just missed out on one at the Leu auction last...
I feel your pain...hammer prices today and yesterday were insane! I got shut out on everything. :(
Great post! Apollo resting his arm on his lyre: [ATTACH] Gordian III, Antoninianus (22 mm, 4.61 g), Rome, circa 242. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL...
Whoops, you’re right, should have noticed that. Thanks Victor.
That's a very nice Crispus, I like the silvering. [ATTACH] Valentinian I, circa 364 A.D., (19mm, 3.37g), Sirmium, AE Follis, Laureate, draped...
Here's my newest T-Bone, a big provincial from Antioch. [ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE Octassarion (30...
I absolutely love your 3 Graces reverse, have not seen that on one of these before, great coin! And thanks for sharing that story about M....
Great post as usual, RC. Here’s my example: [ATTACH] Divus Augustus, As, (28mm, 10.8g) Struck under Tiberius, circa 31-37 AD. DIVVS AVGVSTVS...
Wow! Some incredible examples in this thread so far, thanks for sharing. @Al Kowsky , I'm always amazed by your seemingly infinite supply of...
I recently added a new tetradrachm of Caracalla from the last Leu auction. I thought it was a great portrait of the young emperor in his usual...
Here is a tet from the last year of Hadrian’s reign. The phoenix on the reverse likely represents the transition of power to the next generation...
Wow, that is incredible! Thanks for sharing, @Julius Germanicus
Great post and coin, @Magnus Maximus, very nice write-up. I have a bronze from his joint reign with Ptolemy VI. [ATTACH] Ptolemy VIII Euergetes...
Great haul, @galba68! Is that a double sestertius of Postumus on the far left?
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