Those are neat and hard to find! Here's my only one. [ATTACH] Moesia Inferior, Tomis. Plautilla AE25 DionysosAE25. Obv. ΦOYΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA ΣЄB....
IMO Stripping down to bare metal for more detail is probably not the best. I liked the 2000 yeat old patina that is now gone forever.
Here's my AE. [ATTACH] Thrace, Mesembria AE17 Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. Æ 17mm (3.85...
Super cool OP's @Roman Collector! I really like the Annia Faustina from Isinda. [ATTACH] Aeolis, Kyme. AE18. Amazon Kyme/Isis Obv: K VMH Amazon...
Nice coin Nick! I've been looking for a bust type of Homer since I started collecting. Here's one from Amastris, not mine. [ATTACH]
IMO A bit harsh to condemn him for something Commodus did after his death. If more people had the stoic beliefs of Aurelius today we would be in a...
[MEDIA] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Macedonian Kings, Philip V. Bronze AE17. Aegis shield. Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V, 221 - 179 B.C. Bronze AE 17,...
Very nice denarius icerain! I just have provincials with her. [ATTACH] Sarmatia, Tyra. Julia Domna AE24. Cybele [ATTACH] Cilicia,...
A quadruple threat!
I do not have a coin that does this video justice. [MEDIA] [ATTACH]
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[MEDIA] [ATTACH] Mysia, Lampsacus. AE21. Volusian Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΟΛΟССΙΑΝ. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, r. Rev: ΛΑΝΨΑΚΗΝ....
Nice coins! Here's two from Caesarea and one from Tyana. [ATTACH] Cappadocia, Caesarea. Severus Alexander AE20. Obverse: AYK CEOV ALEΞAND,...
@Roman Collector - Did not know byzantine coins came that small. @AncientJoe - Incredible picture and coins! 1/192!! WOW! @TIF - Very cool...
Great coins everybody! Some truly tiny coins.
It's remarkable to me that these were actually used as coinage. As long as I could use my reading glasses to pay for things, I would have be fine....
Not ancient but... Hey! I like ships. [ATTACH] Netherlands Rechenpfennig. Dreimaster segelschiff-Durch Glück und Kunst Louis XV /...
Killer ship coins all! Here's my meager group of prow and galley's. [ATTACH] Judaea, Ascalon AE14. War galley [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Tyre. Ae18...
Great OP coin Eric! That reverse is awesome. Bellerophon riding Pegasus slaying chimaera. [ATTACH] Corinthia, Corinth. Marcus Aurelius Æ 26mm....
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