[ATTACH] Plautilla, wife of Caracalla. Her portrait on obverse, the official wedding photo on reverse. Next : Nero
the obv. legend is rather ΦΛ ΦI-ΛAΔЄΛΦIA I think. I cannot find this coin in the RPC online database
judging from your pictures these coins are obviously part of a hoard. Same mint (Egypt), same condition, etc... And sold by the dozens, not...
You think it could just be a delusion created by some form of schizophrenia?
Yes I have, but I will not answer to my own request, it would not be fair. I'm sure somebody else has her.
it's difficult to say if this graffito is intentional. V and ... ? It seems to be very tiny. Here are some coins with graffiti : [ATTACH]...
Wow... That's interesting indeed. You say they are all from Syria and almost all are Buttrey (or Buttrey-Flament) types? It's obviously a hoard,...
Very gnice !
Israel is the only place in the Near-East where the antiquities market is officially legal, even if there have been more restrictive regulations...
[ATTACH] Etruscilla (249-251), AR tetradrachm, Antioch. Not my coin, but a fantastic cleaning operation by a good friend of mine ! :-) Next :...
Very good specimens of this 12th c. bronze coin ! The legend MΛNɤHΛ is clearly visible.
This is another fourrée. Its weight is 17.27 g : precisely the Attic standard. It cannot be an emergency coin of the 400s BC. Athena's eye is seen...
Very nice. 1st time I see Antoninus Pius smiling.
I don't know if this kind of countermark is actually meaning Xth Legion. All 10th Legion "X" countermarks I can find in literature are in a square...
I don't see a galley on these countermarks. Could the 1st one be a club?
[ATTACH] Not very nice, but this is the only standing caliph (Abd al-Malik) in my box... I think the mint could be Qinnasrin, but I'm far from sure.
Thanks ! Do you have any references for the hoards? I'd like very much to read about hoards containing arab-byzantine undated fulus.
Very difficult !!! [ATTACH] Maurice Tiberius, 8 pentanummia, AE26, 7,18 g, 6 h. Cherson (today Sebastopol), 584-602. Obv.: d n m[…]PPAV,...
[ATTACH] Justin I (518-527) - Pentanummion, Antioch Obv.: d N IVƧTINVƧ P P AVC, diad. dr. aand cuir. bust r. Rev.: the Tyche of Antioch veiled,...
It's written on the reverse exergue : دمشق : dimashq = Damascus. The standing figure on the obverse can be described as the Byzantine emperor...
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