[ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.69 g, 22 mm, 12 h. Uncertain mint (Rome? Branch mint?), AD 251. Obv: IMP CAE C...
Isis appears on few Roman imperial issues. The most famous imperial coin to depict the Egyptian goddess is a silver denarius of Julia Domna, wife...
Today the planet Mercury crosses the sun in an eclipse of sorts called a transit. This happens every 13 years. The next occurrence will be...
[ATTACH] Sons of Constantine I. Roman billion reduced centenionalis, 1.67 g, 15.5 mm. Heraclea, AD 337-340. Obv: VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma,...
... abbreviate your titulature! The coins of Vabalathus demonstrate his unique titulature: V C R IMP D R. Contemporary, non-numismatic,...
Just wondering if anyone has volunteered to organize the Secret Saturnalia gift exchange this year.
That's right! I just can't get enough! [MEDIA] This middle bronze of Faustina I was likely issued in AD 150/51 as part of a massive issue to...
Faustina II wore her hair in more than half a dozen ways and the standard references (RIC, BMCRE, Cohen and Sear) do not typically note variants...
Either this isn't listed in RIC or I'm looking in the wrong place. RIC does not list this coin with officina gamma. This coin doesn't have a...
A new purchase! The coin is easy to attribute because it is dated and was struck with a very limited set of dies. Mine is a double die-match to...
A couple of new acquisitions from the Rome mint. I particularly like the artistry on the LIBERTAS AVGG one. Post your T-bones! [ATTACH]...
Anyone know where I might find a copy of Besley and Bland's Cunetio Treasure: Roman Coinage of the Third Century? It is apparently long out of...
I posted this one a week ago or so and I've been studying it with great interest. At first, my interest focused on the countermark, and I am...
I enjoy Roman provincial coins because it's fun to do die studies on them. I acquired this one because it's a die match to two other coins I have...
The Λεον Νεμειος (Nemean Lion) was an enormous lion who was the offspring of Orthros, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog, and Chimera, a...
Very fine? Yes. Scarce? A matter of opinion. Sestertius? Yes. Empress Julia Mamea? Half credit for almost spelling it correctly. 1st Century? Uh...
Interesting countermark on this one. [ATTACH] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD...
Recently won this at auction and I thought I'd show it off. It's not FDC, nor is it the great rarity that Tameryazev and Makarenko (CRE)* would...
Let's see your posthumous issues of Faustina II or anything you feel is relevant! Upon her death in the winter of AD 175-176, the coinage for...
An incestuous tale, told in denarii: Post YOUR favorite Antonines! Here's the Antonine family tree. This particular image is taken from a larger...
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