[ATTACH] Divus Augustus, 27 BC - 14 AD. Roman Æ as, 9.30 g, 28.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, issued under Tiberius, AD 22-30. Obv: DIVVS·AVGVSTVS·PATER, head...
[MEDIA] Seventeen a beauty queen She made a ride that caused a scene In the town Her long blonde hair Hangin' down around her knees All the cats...
One of the best things about numismatics in the modern era is the ability to assemble large databases beyond a single author compiling the...
I was the successful bidder on this Lugdunum mint antoninianus of Probus and attempted to research it using a mixture of print and online sources....
[MEDIA] The emperor with "Teen Spirit"? Elagabalus! Post your coins of teenage rulers! [ATTACH] Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Roman AR Denarius, 2.80...
Nothing new, rare, or fancy, just an enjoyable middle bronze. Let's see your Faustina (I or II) coins! This pleasantly-patinated middle bronze...
Post your coins of Pisidian Antioch or anything you feel is relevant! Pisidian Antioch was one of many cities named Antioch founded by Seleucus I...
LOL! Post your coins with centaurs or Medusa! [ATTACH] [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD...
Post anything relevant -- including coins you've had for years but never bothered to photograph or post before. This is the only antoninianus...
In general, denarii and sestertii of Julia Mamaea are plentiful, but while not rare, the middle bronzes of this empress appear less frequently on...
I'm primarily an ancients collector, but I got my start in US coinage. I've had this one since I was a small boy ... [ATTACH] It may not look...
In Roman foundational mythology, Venus was the mother of Aeneas, the hero of Virgil's Aeneid and the ancestor of Romulus and Remus. Being such a...
Oh boy! T-bone! [MEDIA] No, Homer! Not THAT T-bone! [MEDIA] Not that T-Bone, either! I'm talkin' 'bout Trebonianus, affectionately known as...
I don't wanna toot my own horn ... But who am I kidding? [MEDIA] Two of my threads were featured today, the one about the imitation Faustina...
Circumstances have allowed me to buy a lot of coins this year. Fortunately for my marriage, they have been inexpensive. It was hard to narrow down...
At first, this denarius of Faustina I seems unremarkable, but its existence is fascinating and raises more questions than it answers. I'd love to...
[MEDIA] Fortuna, the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Tyche, was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion....
Let's see your Antonia Minor coins or anything you feel is relevant! Antonia was a central figure in the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
I have two examples of a middle bronze of Faustina Jr in my collection of the same reverse type. Nonetheless, they couldn't be more different. The...
The latest volume of RPC to be published, volume VIII, is now online! The volume deals with the coinage of Philip I, AD 244-249. The coins are not...
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