Dear Friends of ancient coins! I hope the following article contains something new for you. Etymology: (1) Greek: sys, wild boar, domestic pig...
Sorry! I had taken over the attribution of the coin from the seller. Now I have to correct it. With AVT K P CEPTI it is of course Geta! Correct:...
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! Finally I have been able to add another coin to my collection on the 12 deeds of Heracles. The Coin: Thrace,...
@DonnaM It is admirable how you notice the smallest details on the coins and consider them worthy of pursuing their meaning. For me, this...
It is the story of the famous Kroisos and his son Atys who was accidentally killed by Adrastos during a boar hunt. This boar hunt took place in...
@zumbly Thank you for this contribution. Macrinus would be very surprising. Because this motif appears on my coin of Gallienus, it would then have...
@zumbly Thank you very much! I have a coin from Parion with the same motif: Mysia, Parion, Gallienus, 253-268 AE 28, 11.60g, 27.76mm, 0°. Obv.:...
Dear Friends of Ancient Mythology! In itself this is an unremarkable coin, an AE17 of Septimius Severus from Ephesos in Ionia. Coin #1: Ionia,...
@DonnaML Some years before I got this lttle nome coin with a crocodile on rev. until I recognized that it was Sobek - the crocodile god! [ATTACH]...
@hotwheelsearl All your assumptions are correct. Especially the reference to the coin of Diadumenian. In Nikopolis there are many reverse types...
@Roman Collector I have to add something very important that I had forgotten: I have never seen a nymph with a Kalathos (or is it a mural crown?)....
@Roman Collector At first sight I found your new interpretation convincing. Then I researched my literature and found that most sources do not...
You are right. Here is the complete attribution: Your coin is Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.14.46.6; not in AMNG; not in Varbanov Description:...
@Severus Alexander A wonderful coin you have and it is one of the most beautiful coins from Nikopolis at all. It is Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020)...
Oh, very difficult to recognize. But by playing with contrast and brightness, I see, that you are right. Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 Obv.: AV...
I think your coin is Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.18.48.2; AMNG I/1, 1513; not in Varbanov. Pick (AMNG) had 2 Ex. in hand: (1) from St....
@ambr0zie Upper coin: Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 AE 17, 2.46g obv. A K CE - [CEVHROC] Laureate head r....
Your coin is a) AMNG I/1, 1244 (1 ex., Löbbecke) b) Varbanov 2157 (= AMNG 1244) c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.10.38.9 (same dies) Best regards
@+VGO.DVCKS It was not a spelling mistake, nor a typo, but inattention.
@DonnaML Sorry, of course 224 AD. My mistake!
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