Even if the coins are actually ancient imitations of Roman coins (of the Republic, of Gordian III and Philip I/II) it is not even sure there was...
[ATTACH] Nabataean coin... It's king Rabbel II and queen Gamilat, it's written on reverse : ربعل / جملت between two crossed cornucopiae.
[ATTACH] Macrinus (217-218), tetradrachm from Hierapolis (Mambij, Syria) and [ATTACH] Marcianus (450-457), AE4 of Constantinople
sorry, at 1st sight, all fakes...
[ATTACH] Tiberius (AD 14-37), bronze coin of Antioch. It's from Syria but it's Roman ! Next : Tiberius again
[ATTACH] L for Liberalitas (Sestertius of Philip II)
I had not seen this thread before. I'm late but I can post a few Antioch coins... Where is the pile? Trajan? Let's go ! [ATTACH] Pompeian era...
[ATTACH] Magnentius - double centenionalis (AE 26 mm) of Lugdunum Obv.: D.N. MAGNENTIVS P.F. AVG, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev.: SALVS DD.NN....
Trajan's Forum (95 x 116 m, surrounded by the monumental entrance, the Basilica Ulpia and two side porticoes) was indeed the most awe inspiring...
J is an easy letter for an ancient and medieval coin alphabet game. Much easier than W when we shall get there... What will I post? [ATTACH]...
When a student I bought some day in the Near East a similar Sabina denarius, but much more worn by circulation... [ATTACH] What I liked in this...
[ATTACH] I for Italica (Santiponce near Seville, Spain), semis of Drusus Jr. minted AD 19-23 Obv.: [DRVSV]S CAESAR TI. [AVG. F.] , bare head of...
[ATTACH] AE4 of Honorius - 406-408, Antioch mint. On reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM, Honorius, Arcadius and Theodosius II.
Sorry, but this is not an ancient coin.
Yees !!! The Roman war-galley seen in perspective from three-quarters... What a perfect specimen of this interesting denarius! Perfectly centred,...
[ATTACH] F is for Fakes... Sestertii of Sabina and Pertinax, denarius of Maximinus Thrax, aureus of Manlia Scantilla, all fakes. The aureus is...
very good coin ! from the pictures I see nothing suspect, I like it.
Actually it's not Fost(u)lus but Fostlus. The magistrate's name was Sextus Pompeius Fostlus. Fostlus was a popular phonetic spelling for the...
on reverse : Hygeia and Asclepius.
[ATTACH] Faustina senior, sestertius (AE 31 mm, 20.41 g) RIC III Antoninus Pius 1146Ac
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