As others have pointed out, there are very few single volume references attempting to catalog all (or most) Roman Imperial coins. As suggested,...
What a nice book to have, even without the family connection, but especially for that history. I wonder if this person would've bought the coins...
Here's one of my Trajan DAC CAP (Dacia Capta) Denarii, showing a standing bound Dacian captive. One of my favorite Capta coins. (I love that you...
It's from Nicaea (Nikaia) in Bithynia and, I believe, struck under Geta: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=11349537 You can read the...
There's one in this listing (one of the two coins): https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=329571 What makes this one an RPC 4577 is the date,...
I just posted this one in another thread, but here's a "Caesar" a couple of generations before "the" Caesar. In fact, this one's even a "Julius...
Here's my Cupids-drawn chariot: [ATTACH] L. Julius Caesar. 103 BCE. Ex Leo Benz & Scipio Collections It's a little bit hard to tell, but on...
^ Sheesh, sometimes I forget that Romans really sound totally psychotic. They see a magnificent rare animal for the first time on their continent...
Here is another quote to the same effect as Victor's comment, from the excellent CoinRelief blog (last active 2021) of the British P.A.S. website...
Incidentally, here's the silver, left-facing version (ex Orfew / Andrew Short) [ATTACH] I consider the elephant/Colosseum types a continuation of...
I've got one coin from Cilician Aegeae, so it's very interesting to learn a bit more of the city's history. I've read a little of Florian...
All right! I searched through my old posts, and I've actually never posted most of my Byzantine Folles. At least I can't find any previous post of...
Here are some of my favorite Severus Alexanders from interesting old collections, two of them NGC encapsulated. Favoritest-favorite: Provincial...
Nice group of Severan Denarii! The Geta has a nearly complete obv. border -- a big plus on Roman Imperials (aside from being attractive, means...
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