My diademed and veiled bust dupondius of Faustina I came with an old French-language collector tag. Does anyone recognize whose it might be?...
C'mon! Who slabs a Gallienus antoninianus? And it's from the Cologne mint, not the Rome one. [ATTACH] Hold on, li'l buddy! Tonight there's...
I presume this irregularly-shaped, raised thing behind Pietas's head has resulted from a die break. Could it be anything other than a cud? Let's...
Interesting story. [ATTACH]
Coins depicting a doe on the reverse are some of the most common of all issued by Gallienus and the two coins I illustrate are easily obtained....
Show your coins depicting altars or altar enclosures -- real or imagined. Comments and anything you feel is relevant are most welcome. ~~~...
Let's see your coins of Faustina I with veiled busts or anything you feel is relevant! ~~~ Specialist collectors know that it makes no sense to...
New online resource from the ANS is online with more coming soon. That's the press release. If you want to go straight to the coins, click here.
The latest Coins Weekly and the Eichstätter Kurier report the story. It happened in broad daylight but nobody was looking and the screens of the...
Interesting article. [ATTACH] And here's a Hadrian coin to keep it numismatic: [ATTACH]
Now that the LIBERALITAS thread has been resurrected, I realize I erred in attributing one of the coins I posted. I had attributed it based on the...
As you know, I actively collect the coins of women of the Antonine dynasty and my focus of late has been on Faustina I. Here are a couple of coins...
Earlier this month, we had a discussion of the various animals depicted on coins that might have been displayed in the Colosseum. During the...
Darn viruses! I'm down with a cold and have been offering votives to the healing gods in the hope that instead of being sick for seven days I'll...
I'll admit that sometimes Roman provincial issues can seem quite crudely rendered: [ATTACH] But there are times when I'm awe-struck by how...
Funny article! [ATTACH]
As is typical for anything written by Mattingly, RIC states rather unequivocally that Trebonianus Gallus struck coins for himself and his son...
Adolf Michaelis* has classified the way Serapis has been depicted in a standing pose into the following groupings, using the evidence of...
Today's Franklin's World comic inspired me to post this coin of Pergamon. Post your coins from this city, coins celebrating Asklepios, or anything...
For superb owl Sunday post your OWL coins! [ATTACH] Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC. Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right,...
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