I’ve always liked that story too. It is also in the Carus section of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I believe.
Probably Valens (or Valentinian but legend looks to support Valens).
I was looking for more information on mine awhile ago and posted about it on another forum. You’d need to register to see photos but without...
You did well, congrats! I hope these are the firsts of many. You got the Caracalla for a fair price and the Diocletian for a great price! But...
Yes, mine shows the convexity you mention. I’m not sure if you can see it better here but it’s not a flat coin but cupped. [ATTACH]
I don’t know much about the coinage of Pompey’s side in the war against J Caesar. Did his army mint much coinage while they were maneuvering...
That's a very cool coin! Here are a couple of my Lysimachos I coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin! What are the legends on the obverse and reverse?
Great coin! Here's mine from a similar but later issue in 67bc. [ATTACH] C. Calpurnius L.f. Frugi. Ob: Head of Apollo r., hair bound with fillet;...
Great job getting the crud off! I'd now try to let it tone a bit. I hear setting a coin in the sun by a window for a few months can add some toning.
Rome [ATTACH] Samosata or Antioch [ATTACH] Salonina's portraits vary so much that there aren't really characteristics that are always one way or...
Haha, that's great! It inspired me to take a photo with a recent birthday present... my lego legionary with a Justinian coin that's been giving me...
Oooh... I had a long battle trying to find the right Florian, something that was nice but that didn't cost a ton. Here's the one I finally...
Here's one that is as close to yours as I have (@furryfrog02 's coin is the same as yours)... rather than Maximian (as yours is), mine is Galerius...
It looks cast in white metal. The coin should be bronze and struck. It is a replica, likely cast from a real coin. Still, if it creates an...
Happy birthday Doug! Great coins. I'm a follower of your "I collecting the coins that interest me" way of doing things, I always appreciate your...
Here's a Commodus that I think clearly shows an example of the legends being engraved last. The engraver misjudged the length of the reverse...
I agree that the style looks like Antioch rather than Rome. Below is one that I have of RIC 29 from Rome. Although Salonina's portraits vary a...
I have it recorded as: MACEDON. Koinon. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae. Obv: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Diademed head of Alexander III of...
I really love this coin too. It’s facinating to me that this shows a story that many of us know... on a coin that’s nearly 1800 years old. And at...
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