From the founding of Rome, the Roman people believed that their city would be eternal and they paid divine honors to the personification of Rome...
Vesta is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Hestia, the goddess of family values and domestic life (i.e. the hearth). Vesta was considered by...
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... that our coins are one year even more ancient! Have a great year, everyone! TEMPORVM FELICITAS! [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Faustina Senior, AD 138-141. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h. Rome, AD 140-141. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA,...
She may not have any hands, but she has some hips, alright! Post your "hippy" coins! [ATTACH] From an early denarius of Trajan: [IMG] Trajan,...
Post your middle bronzes of Severus Alexander or Julia Mamaea or anything you feel is relevant. The Scriptores Historia Augustae (SHA) is a late...
My son and his wife thought I'd enjoy this book! They were right! To keep from cluttering up the board, I thought we should have one thread to...
The mythical account of Troas (modern northwestern Turkey) is briefly as follows. Teucer, the first king of the Troad, had a daughter who married...
With less than a week to go until Saturnalia, I thought I'd post a coin featuring Saturn. Io Saturnalia to all! Let's see your coins depicting the...
I was the high bidder at auction this morning on this denarius of Sabina. The die-engraver was very skilled. Post anything you feel is relevant!...
Okay, okay … perhaps I’m getting a little ahead of myself, but it’s now officially December and I am pretty sure I’ve already acquired my top ten...
Legend unclear? Having difficulty with attribution? Ask yourself, "Does this portrait look like the Bob Ross chia pet?" If so, it's Lucius Verus!...
This issue depicts the two Pannoniae, personifications of Upper and Lower Pannonia. It was issued in the as, dupondius, sestertius, and...
A couple of new acquisitions for my Antonine women collection. They both feature Ceres and her attributes. Ceres has three main attributes: corn...
[ATTACH] Elagabalus AD 218-222, 3.28 g, 18.2 mm, 6 h. Fourrée Denarius, imitative issue, (after AD 250?). Unknown (Sarmatian?) mint. Obv:...
Interesting article. I wish I had a hobo nickel to share with everyone.
[ATTACH] The origins of Iconia (modern Konya, Turkey) are buried in mystery, but excavations show it to have been settled by the late copper age,...
Unpacking a Greek Inscription on a provincial AE 33 of Tarsus I was enamored by the hunting scene on the reverse of this sestertius-sized...
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