Coins 1 and 3: Lydia, Sardes. Apollo/club within wreath. Some examples Will check the rest of them but larger images might be helpful. I see...
[ATTACH] Happy anniversary, @ambr0zie! :)
Arcadius, Gloria Romanorum, Alexandria mint (from what I can read on the coin).
https://www.yumpu.com/it/document/read/15845045/testimonianze-sulla-fine-della-monetazione-autonoma-alessandrina- In Italian. Here's one of the...
Criocamp [IMG] GALLIENUS struck 267-268 CE, Rome mint, 8th officina, 10th issue AE antoninianus; 3.40 gm, 20.7 mm Obv: GALLIENVS AVG; radiate head...
WOW! I love this little sliver of silver... Two non-sea non-air creatures (three, actually: snake, man-faced bull, and nymph), plus a sea...
Fantastic coin, Andres. Sicily, did you say? How about another bronze :D. [IMG] Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy c. 425 BCE Æ tetras, 13 mm,...
[IMG] SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I (400-345 BC) Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm Struck c. 390 BCE Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet...
Fantastic coin, @Orielensis! The bull and lion are unusually clear. I'd love to acquire various coins of Croesus but so far have none so instead...
I love this little coin and show it at every opportunity :D. [IMG] Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I c. 390 BCE Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv: head of...
[IMG] SICILY, Kamarina AE tetras, 3.34 gm. 420-405 BCE Obv: Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings Rev: Owl standing left,...
That looks familiar... did you get it from a JA auction? I recall one of these from one of his auctions and remember either bidding or...
@Bing and others, I enjoyed Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End immensely and am currently reading his most recent related...
It's beautiful! I recall seeing a few of these on CT and always admire them. Yours is particularly graceful. I didn't notice the grape clusters...
I think this one was already CTBS'd but it took me a while to find mine. Guess I forgot to post it when I got it a couple of years ago :eek:!...
Oooh, that's a toughie. The obverse facing portrait looks feminine... so it's probably Apollo :D. Could be someone else though: Larissa, a...
Gotta disagree with the first part. Say what you want about "corporate coffee" but Sbux knows how to properly roast a bean! Their dark roasts...
Excellent coin! Yes, I have the Trajan version of this one, purchased in my first months of collecting. The obverse really caught my eye. I...
This being the Ancients board, we could probably easily take this thread to a hundred pages, particularly if things like officinas, blundered...
Looks like Sol to me as well. Sol advancing left. Some examples from ACsearch: [IMG] https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=582587 [IMG]...
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