I'm reading that as EVDOC-, with a weird-shaped D.
It is my understanding that the heroic bust shows the emperor's bare chest. No pecs, no heroic bust.
[IMG] TGIFF, everybody! Today I'm going to talk about an interesting linguistic feature on a coin from the Roman colony of Lystra in south...
Hadrian was into the heroic bust. He was proud of his pecs! [IMG] [ATTACH]
[MEDIA] Last time I saw a face like Uberitas' it was in a haunted house! [IMG] [IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus,...
Fun group! Dig that funky oblong flan on the Philip II!! You might be interested in this write-up I did about the coins of Faustina II from...
That's a lovely coin, @David Atherton! Very attractive toning. Very well-rendered engraving, too.
CoinsWeekly reports: On 7 May 2022, Maria Radnoti-Alföldi died at the age of 95. The German-Hungarian numismatist and ancient historian...
Place upright on a hard surface. Align a screwdriver along the seam and hit the screwdriver with a hammer. Mine are in 2x2 SafeFlips.
"Whatcha gonna do when you get outta jail?" "I'm gonna have some fun!" [MEDIA] Before: [ATTACH] After the jailbreak!!! [ATTACH] [IMG]
I like that coin! What interesting reverse iconography. If the goddess is truly holding a spear and patera, it would be Juno/Hera. [ATTACH]
Here's some Neptune! [IMG] Claudius II, AD 268-270. Roman billon Antoninianus, 4.12 g, 20.6 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 1st emission, AD 268-269. Obv: IMP...
Martin Beckmann. I cited him above.
Fantastic cleaning job!! They look great!
Nice addition to your collection, @ominus1! I like the temple reverse type. [IMG] Maxentius as Augustus, AD 307-312. Roman billon follis, 6.53 g,...
Venus with the epithet, "Felix." [IMG] Faustina Jr, Augusta AD 147-175. Roman AR Denarius, 3.18 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 170-175. Obv:...
A 1991 Chrysler Le Baron! :woot::D
Beckmann, Martin. Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces. American Numismatic Society, 2012.
Here's a nice tetradrachm. [IMG] It's a tad out of my price range, though. [IMG]
That's a very nice coin, @Steven Michael Gardner. Here's a similar coin, but it's unclear who is on the coin because experts disagree. Augustus or...
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