There was something funny about a coin of Valerian. In Hegra (Saudi Arabia) an antoninianus of Valerian was found, among many other Roman coins....
[ATTACH] Valentinian II, Constantinople, 378-383. [ATTACH] Theodosius I, Cyzicus, 383-388 [ATTACH] Honorius, Antioch, 392-395 [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] COR(nelia) SALONINA AVG(usta) / PVDICITIA There is also this one, not so well struck : [ATTACH] FECVNDITAS AVG(usta)
[ATTACH] Valerian (253-260), sestertius. AE 30 mm, 16.85 g. Rome, 255-256 Obv.: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: Laureate and cuirassed bust, right...
[ATTACH] "Phoinix" means a Carthaginian, but also a palm-tree.
So young... I did not know him but I feel sad.
Very nice !!!
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The bronze coinage of ancient Carthage is rather boring. During 250 years, from c. 400 to 146 BC, it's always the same types : on obverse the head...
Congrats ! this green patinated follis is a wonderful specimen. Here are two (not so nice) others : [ATTACH] 1 : Constantinople mint, year XII....
The legend is ΛΑΜ / ΨΑ ( Λαμψα(κηνῶν) ) but written in boustrophedon: the first line from left to right, the 2nd line from right to left, etc.
[ATTACH] Claudius, dupondius, AE 28 mm, 13.88 g, 6 h. Obv.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left Rev.: [CERES] AVGVSTA / S C, Ceres...
[ATTACH] AE 24 mm, 4.68 g.
Could it be a coin of Kaunos in Caria?
Conspicuous noses have been a beauty standard during some periods. In 17th c. France, for example. There is a famous quote of Blaise Pascal : "Le...
Please don't ruin my dreams
"What Would Santa Do ?" : excellent !!! That'll be my motto for the days to come.
[ATTACH] This small one (5th-6th c.) is anonymous. The Greek legend on reverse is TOYTO APECH TH XWPΛ "may this please the country".
While we're at it, is this coin the same? The knot pattern is losanges, not squares... [ATTACH] Thanks in advance !
St Nicholas is believed to have bee buried in Myra, Turkey. When I visited this place in the early 1990s, all the tourist shops were full of...
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