Denarius of M. Junius Brutus,one of Caesar's assassins, displaying "Libertas" on the obverse and his ancestor, the Consul L.Junius Brutus,...
Here is one of my latest acquisitions:Janiform female heads each wearing stephanos with central earring.reverse Athena wearing Corinthian helmet....
Here are two coins struck by Persian Governors (satraps) in "occupied" Cilicia (AR obol) and Ionia AE11, during the 4th. Century BC. They are...
Here is my favourite AR Anton.of Tacitus, reverse :Concordia and Sol facing eachother,mint:Serdica, 275/6 AD. Lets see your other portraits...
Little known except by unfotunate "boatpeople"refugees from Africa,Middle East, rare coins of this Island show mixed influence Egyptian goddess...
Here is my prettiest representation of Iulia Domna, amongt many others (AR Drachma of Cesarea, Cappa[ATTACH]
The Greek classical numismatic representation of Athena shows her wearing a traditional Corinthian helmet, except for the Athenian "owl" coinage...
Since antiquity, dolphins have been considered as friends of humans, many men have been - - myth or reality - deemed rescued at sea by dolphins...
When M.CATO followed Pompey into exile at Utica, he adopted in 47/6 BC a coinage simiar to that of his uncle M.Cato (Rome 93-91 BC) A female bust...
[ATTACH] In the pictures below one of the to Vitelli denarii is a forgery, which one, right or left ?
A repetitive strory: sometimes you find at auction a coin you have been looking for a long time. You place a "conservative bid" with a reasonable...
Helena: Mother of Constantine I, 2 coins, AE foll. Mint: Constantinopolis, 337 AD, Eudoxia:wife of Arcadius, Frank origine, AE3,Mint: Antioch...
Roman republican coins often show heads deemed to represent Roman and Sabin kings here are two examples,please add some from your collections.
AR Quinarius 39 BC. celebrates reconciliation between Marc Antony and Octavian Mint moving with Octavianus.H[ATTACH] ead of Concordia, reverse...
Here are two Vestas of my collection, I would be interested to see other Vestas of collectors.
son of Jupiter and Juno, rarely referred to on coins, God of fire, volcans, blacksmith, coin maker..Example of denarii reverses: Republic,...
When visiting Syria, many years ago,I was given a strange "mini coin" of Geta in a reduced dimension (16mm./1.47gr.) and silvery metal (tin ?)....
The portraits on coins of Macrianus and Quietus, the wo usurper brothers, are usually of unrealistic/unexpressive and of poor quality,...
Amongst the numerous Tetradrachms of Alexander the great, those struck in Babylone are easily recognizable due to the great style quality they...
Although many bronze coins display a portrait of Caligula (often tooled) this silver coin, in my opinion is probaby the most accurate...contenders...
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