Do you think the date range is 211-217? I would narrow it to 211-212. JD is "Mat(er) Augg" with 2 G: Geta is still alive.
[ATTACH] Mint of Rome : Sacra Mon(eta) Urb(is) Augg. et Caess. NN. Next : a fully silvered tetrarchic follis.
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You can sing "if I had a hammer" with this... [ATTACH] Hadrian, as (AE 24 mm, 7.20 g). Rome mint, for Syria. Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, draped and...
[ATTACH] Here is another antoninianus of Caracalla. This one of 215 AD I think, when the imperial couple (the emperor and his mother) were in...
For Aurelian we have Historia Augusta, Divus Aurelianus chapter 6: it says that Aurelian, when a simple tribune, was nicknamed "manu ad ferrum"....
In the Roman army soldiers and commanders had satirical nicknames, and emperors accepted this in order to be seen as good comrades. We can read in...
Yes, this Plautilla for example. I have one with another hairstyle : [ATTACH] and also her terrible mother in law : [ATTACH]
I like this coin very much but unfortunately you were 3 minutes too late! What is this coin and what is that latin motto? I remember I have seen...
[ATTACH] Arados, tetrobol, 4th c. BC Yes, I know the marine deity on obverse is holding dolphins, and that dolphins are mammals, not fish. But in...
Nice ! If you like the Severians, you can expand the family gathering with all the ladies : Julia Domna, Plautilla, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias,...
One has to be very cautious when drawing conclusions from the number of coin finds. In the 5th c. imperial mints produced much less coins than in...
[ATTACH] Singara (Sinjar, Northern Iraq) - Gordian III and Tranquillina, AE 27-30 mm, thick 4.5 mm, 23.36 g AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB...
I couldn't myself find an exact match, even in RIC online ! It does not look like an imitation. Maybe it is a rare variety?
[ATTACH] There is also this solidus. It has been once set in a jewel, unfortunately. To the left and right of CONS there should be crown symbols....
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The whole story, including Philip's famous quote, is most probably a legend. Let us not forget that Alexander divinized his horse. Bucephalus was...
First, Philip II was probably the richest person in Greece at the time, and Bucephalus a superhorse with a pedigree tracing his ancestry back to...
[ATTACH] Aelia Flacilla (sorry for the poor state of preservation) / Victory painting ☧ on a shield.
the most conspicuous XP : [ATTACH] D.N. MAGNENTIVS P.F. AVG SALVS DD.NN. AVG. ET CAES. , large christogram between A and ω , exergue : LSLG...
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