This denarius of Antoninus Pius features Bonus Eventus on the reverse. Bonus Eventus was the divine personification of "good outcomes" and of...
Great post and coin, @Sulla80, very interesting writeup. Here is a bronze of Prusias II, who also had some major losses against Pergamon....
I believe it is the same type as this, which is from Mesembria in Thrace. [ATTACH] Thrace, Mesambria, Circa 175-100 BC. (Orichalcum, 20 mm, 6.12...
Great post @Pavlos and some beautiful coins in this thread. Here’s a bronze from Mesembria, likely struck a few years/decades before Mithridates...
That’s a beauty, great new addition. [ATTACH] Rhodes, circa 88-84 BC, AR Drachm (16 mm, 2.58 g), 'Plinthophoric' coinage, Maes, magistrate....
That is amazing, I love it. Mine isn’t a die break, but I think it still fits here. The banker’s marks on this denarius make it look like Apollo...
@S.Triggs , that’s a very nice addition. The term “Price” doesn’t relate to the value, it is a reference book written by Martin Price for coinage...
Here are my ants of Decius and Herennius, and then righty and lefty tetradrachms of Decius from Antioch. I really would like to add a coin of...
@Al Kowsky , thanks! That was a typo on my part, CNG listed this as Prieur 403, not 473. It was part of a group lot. I wrote down the wrong...
Nice pickup @bcuda. I love provincial tets, a lot of fun to collect these. Mine is similar with almost the same legends, but looks like a...
Nice new additions. Pars always has a great selection of Parthian and Central Asian coins. None of my bids held up at this auction, so I’ll just...
Great finds as usual. The Star of David is very interesting, and it looks like the Julian bronze should clean up very well.
This one is my avatar coin, and one of my favorites. It celebrates Maximinus Thrax's victorious German campaign. [ATTACH] Maximinus I (Thrax),...
That’s a very nice tet, @deadmancoins , love the toning. I have a righty and a lefty tet of Decius, both from Antioch. [ATTACH] Trajan Decius,...
Here’s another of Sol with his whip: [ATTACH] Severus Alexander, AE sestertius. (28mm, 19.2g.), Rome, 235 AD. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust...
Great info @Sulla80 , thanks!
Good question. I had looked into that when I bought the coin, and was surprised to find out that no one is certain what the CMH means. I've read...
[ATTACH] Maximinus II, as Caesar, Follis (25 mm, 7.20 g), Nicomedia, 308-309. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES Laureate head right. Rev. GENIO...
Great post and coin, very interesting. [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AR Denarius, 200-201 AD, (19mm., 3.23g), Laureate head of Septimius...
Wow, of course you would have a Marciana, RC. :) Fantastic coin.
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