The god Kabeiros uncommonly appears on coins and most people have never heard of him. He is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his...
... because it reminded me of an ancient one! Post your modern coins based on ancient designs! [ATTACH] Italy, 50 centissimi, 1920 R. [IMG]...
I'm an ancient coin collector and am not impressed by a coin's age. I'm not asking if this is some sort of double-die error or something that's...
Let's see your coins featuring Uberitas! Uberitas personifies agricultural fertility in general. As such, she resembles Abundantia, but is more...
The MB, middle bronze, second brass, Æ II, "as or dupondius" is the Rodney Dangerfield of Roman numismatics. [ATTACH] They have neither the...
I couldn't resist the portrait of Constantinopolis on this one from Siscia. [ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon centenionalis, 2.22...
Even a seasoned numismatist might be disinclined to obtain this coin. You might be put off by the corrosion pit below the empress's ear. You might...
CNN is reporting a study that appeared in the journal PLOS One detailing the discovery of intact brain cells of a young man who died in the...
Here's a denarius of Faustina struck over a previous issue. Let's see your overstrikes or anything you feel is relevant! [IMG] Faustina Sr, AD...
Here's a coin I've had for a while but have never posted on CT before. Post your coins of Trebonianus Gallus, of Viminacium, or anything you feel...
For the Antonines, it's unusual to find a left-facing bust, and it is always as a variant, never as the normal type. Thanks to @zumbly, I have...
A new addition. We haven't had a Max Thrax thread in a while. Post your Maximinus I (and family) coins! [ATTACH] Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Roman...
There is no record outside of the numismatic evidence of when Faustina was declared Augusta, but it must have been within months of Antoninus...
A month ago or so, when I tried to access the Naville website, my virus-protection software flagged a warning about malware at the site designed...
Sigeion (Latin Sigeium) was a city in Troas located at the mouth of the Scamander river near the entrance of the Hellespont. [ATTACH] Map of the...
These coins are popular and attractive. I was the successful bidder on this one in yesterday's Savoca Blue Auction. I look forward to adding it to...
As an Antonine collector, I figured I'd best track down a copy of Szaivert, Wolfgang, Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus und...
I want to thank @Marsyas Mike for pointing out the existence of "Coins of British Association," discussed in this fascinating thread. Apparently,...
Coin Weekly has published a companion piece to their previous "Most Expensive Sestertii" article, this time about denarii. It doesn't take much...
Hat tip to @Valentinian for this interesting bit of info about the following coins: The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type comes spelled without the terminal...
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