Aaaah yes!... I thought it was because with the two square drachms you could make a Poros decadrachm, before upgrading some day... [ATTACH]
Trebonianus Gallus too
The Gloria Exercitus nummus seems gilded. Why?
Obviously the bridge sestertii of Trajan or Septimius Severus did not celebrate "routine restorations". It was obviously a complete rebuilding on...
Yes, you're right !
I doubt very much this sestertius represents a bridge built in northern Britain. And I doubt also Trajan's bridge sestertius represents the bridge...
Excellent post about a fascinating emperor. My favourite Septimius Severus' campaign is the first one, in 193, when he took Rome and seized...
It sometimes happened that the Rome mint, usually issuing SC bronze coinage for circulation in Italy and the western provinces, also minted...
I can share 3 sizes of Alexanders - tetradrachm from Sardes, minted BC 318-315 under Antigonus the one-eyed, strategos of Asia (Price 2665) -...
There was an old thread here, about a BBC site questioning the ethics of Roma Numismatics......
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A Claudius II Gothicus that fits your description (IOVI STATORI) but not the coin (IOVI VICTORI). [ATTACH] Next : Jupiter Stator
You are right. But the T. Quinctius Flamininus aurei were not Roman coins. They were Greek coins and the proconsul's name was not on the same side...
I don't know if there has been a special study of the whole EID MAR emission, in silver and gold. You say there are 85 known but the PAS site says...
Greece is not claiming the wonderful coins of Syracuse, though they are typical Greek coins and not Roman ones. This aureus is historically...
Some good reading about ancient coins found in America:
Historians are pretty confident this aureus (and the similar silver denarii) was minted for Brutus and Cassius' army, which was concentrated near...
I think the Sulla denarius is the first Roman coin ever to show the image of a living person. On the reverse one can see Sulla crowned by Victory...
This is a clear picture of Artemis Pergaia cult image, from the theatre of Perge : [ATTACH] (Photo Sonia Halliday)
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