Mionnet Supplement 2, published in 1822, had pretty accurate line drawings. Do you have any coins illustrated in a Mionnet volume? [ATTACH]...
This coin is neither rare nor does it illustrate any historical event in the reign of Hadrian. It's just pretty. The coin is difficult to date...
I have had an example of this coin in my collection for many years, but I was never happy with its rough, corroded surfaces. I had the opportunity...
Post your Orbiana coins, comments, or anything you feel is relevant. [ATTACH] Bust of Empress Sallustia Orbiana, wife of Alexander Severus....
Post anything you feel is relevant! I am very happy to have won this at Heritage's latest auction. This variety with the left-facing bust is...
Post your Orbianas, comments, or anything you feel is relevant! Although I purchased this coin in 2011, I thought I'd revisit it today as I have...
Post your coins minted in Nisibis or anything you feel is relevant! Nisibis (Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey, along the Syrian...
I don't know who owned this coin before me, but somewhere along the way it was purchased from Seaby's in 1962. This old collector's tag is...
Today I completed my subcollection of Julia Mamaea denarius reverse types! Post your Mamaea coins or anything you feel is relevant! Note: Several...
I think these odd denomination coins of Tomis on the Black Sea are interesting, so I pick them up when I can. The first of these examples is a new...
This is a new purchase. I wanted it not only because I like the dual portrait coinage on the large bronzes of Moesia Inferior and Thrace, but...
This one has been passed around like a doobie at a Phish concert! Formerly owned by @dougsmit and purchased from @John Anthony , it now resides in...
Along the northeastern Mediterranean shore lies Antiochia ad Cragum, an ancient city located in the western area of the Roman province of Rough...
Here's the coin in question. I posted it in a thread last night: [ATTACH] The more I think about this tetradrachm, the more it bothers me. I was...
New one from Frank's most recent auction. It's scarce and I am having a difficult time finding other examples online, though a similar coin is...
From Frank's latest auction. This sestertius features Felicitas, the personification of happiness, good luck, and prosperity. There are many words...
The reverse inscription MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR is an abbreviated form of the title, Mater Augustorum, Mater Senatus, Mater Patriae, which had...
While searching for coins of Nerva on biddr and V-coins, I kept getting listings for Domitian! I wondered what was going on until it dawned on me...
This posthumous commemorative of Antonia, the wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, was issued under her son, Claudius. [ATTACH] Antonia, Augusta AD 37...
There are four different denarii issued for Julia Domna -- produced by three different mints -- depicting VENVS FELIX (Happy Venus). Post...
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