That's RIC 2b: [ATTACH]
Thank you so much; that has been corrected.
I think that's a bunch of grapes on the reverse, which would be a very odd reverse for a Roman imperial issue, but pretty common on a provincial....
Lovely coins!
Welcome to Coin Talk! Come visit us at the ancient coin forum!
@Jasper Burns , the author of numerous (some of my favorite) coin books, has joined Coin Talk! Let's give him a big welcome to the ancients forum!...
It is part of a quotation by Horace, et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor: "I try to subject circumstances to me, not me to circumstances."...
You're welcome! I didn't earn this medal for nothing! [ATTACH]
It's difficult for an anglophone to understand these concepts because we have only a very, very rudimentary case system in modern English (though...
I'm not sure which coin was the first I won at auction. It may have been this one from Pegasi many years ago: [ATTACH]
What is the link to become a supporter? I'd like to become one.
Thanks for looking!
D'oh!!! Why is it that when I discover errors, it's too late to edit them??? The first sentence of the OP should read, "Julia Iotape...
Fun thread!!
That's a gorgeous example, @Carl Wilmont ! Of course, Steve had discriminating taste when it came to acquisitions for his collection. The scorpion...
That's a lovely coin, well-centered and with full, clear legends on obverse and reverse.
Coins from Laodicea have a loop above the drapery on the side of her neck, like this: [ATTACH]
Exactly right, @dougsmit , In both Latin and Greek, the genitive stems are used with the inflectional endings to make the case forms. In the third...
Here's one from such a hoard. The fact that this obverse inscription was only used in Siscia allowed me to attribute it to that mint. [ATTACH]...
That would likely be Trajan: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC: [ATTACH] Nominative: Traianus; Traiani Genitive: Traiani; Trianorum...
Separate names with a comma.
