Nice pair, @Al Kowsky! Very attractive folles. I have a couple of similar coins from Trier with S-F in the fields: [IMG] Diocletian, AD 284-305....
Thanks for revisiting this thread and for your comments about this issue. It's always a welcome and educational experience to hear from you,...
This week's Franklin's World comic in Coins Weekly reminded me of this thread! [ATTACH]
CNN is reporting a study that appeared in the journal PLOS One detailing the discovery of intact brain cells of a young man who died in the...
Here's a denarius of Faustina struck over a previous issue. Let's see your overstrikes or anything you feel is relevant! [IMG] Faustina Sr, AD...
The ancients forum at CT is the BEST on the net!! What a nice thing to do! But @Ryro is that sort of guy!
Interesting coin, @DonnaML. You have a good eye! Send it in to the editors of RPC and see what they do with it.
Lion quadriga! [IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h. Rome, 21st emission, AD 205. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA,...
Some numismatists have proposed that these branch mint coins (with the IMP CC VIB TREB GALLVS AVG inscription) of Trebonianus Gallus were minted...
The inscription RESTITVTORI ITALIAE should answer your question. [IMG] Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5...
Here's a coin I've had for a while but have never posted on CT before. Post your coins of Trebonianus Gallus, of Viminacium, or anything you feel...
Quintillus reigned for two or three months until he committed suicide. [IMG] Quintillus, AD 270. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.95 g, 20 mm. Rome,...
Caveat emptor, folks. In fairness, the listing said "modern copy" twice.
Lovely sestertius, @David Atherton ! These two issues of Trebonianus Gallus of Antioch depict Mars in the complimentary roles of defender and...
I am struck by the similarity of this coin to one ostensibly issued by Caracalla sold by Roma Numismatics, E-sale 19, lot 465, 1 Aug 2015....
I have a couple from this kingdom. Here's one like yours, @Valentinian: [IMG] Tiberius Julius Mithradates, King of the Bosporus AD 41-45, and...
This beard's pretty long. Not as long as @dougsmit's but let's not set the bar too high. [IMG] Macrinus, AD 217-218. Roman AR denarius, 2.94...
These are the first three ancient coins I ever acquired. Not sure which one got me hooked. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Have you ever looked at the plates in SNG Copenhagen or the Lindgren volumes? If these collectors were condition cranks who eschewed the scruffy,...
Here's a Vespasian: [ATTACH] And here's some archaising involving Vespasian: [ATTACH]
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