Roman Republic: M. Volteius, AR Denarius, Rome mint, 78 BC, Cr. 385/2; B. 2 (Volteia), Sear 313 (3.79 g, 17 mm) The reverse of this Denarius...
Not ancient, but seemed a better fit here. Henry II Tealby Penny (1.15 g). Could someone more experienced with these please help read the reverse...
Some sources regard this as a candidate for the so-called “Tribute penny”, which may be one of the reasons for the inflated prices. The primary...
Roman Empire: Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), AR Denarius, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2 BC-4 AD, Sear 1597 (3.76 g, 19 mm) Gaius and Lucius caesars were the...
Roman Empire: Herennia Etruscilla (249-251 AD), AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, 250 AD, RSC 17, RIC 58b, Sear 9494 Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG....
Roman Empire: Galba (8 June, 68 AD-15 Jan 69 AD), AR Denarius, Spanish mint, struck c. April to December 68 AD, BMC 217, Cohen 34, RIC 49 (3.07 g,...
Thanks. I don’t: I recently complete collecting 1 coin each of the Shah Dynasty rulers and intend to write a series of posts on them, of which...
On the fateful night of 1 June, 2001, shots rang out from Kathmandu’s Narayanhity Palace. In the days that followed, a number of rumors and...
Procopius was a maternal cousin of the Emperor Julian “the Apostate”. In 363, during the latter’s campaign against the Sassanids, he was placed in...
Octavian, AR Denarius, c. 36 BC, mint moving with Octavian, Ex T.R. Hardaker Collection, Syndenham 1338, Sear imperators 315, RBW 1829, Crawford...
In 220 AD, the emperor Elagabalus made the solar deity Elagabal the chief god of the Roman empire, taking precedence over Jupiter and the rest of...
Very nice coin. The "star", I believe, would be Caesar's comet (?). Perhaps Antony's way of telling Octavian "We may be on the same coin, but...
Second Triumvirate: Mark Antony and Octavian, AR Denarius, magistrate M. Barbatius Pollio, Ephesus mint, Spring-Summer 41 BC, Sear 1504, RSC 8,...
Indian Princely States, Awadh: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (AH1263-1272/1847-1856 AD), AR Rupee, AH1269/Ry. 6, Bait al-Sultanate Lakhnau Mulk Awadh...
Looking at the first relief above, the king/hero seems to have gone all Arya Stark on the lion. :-) [ATTACH]
A fraction of a second after the crafty lion has kicked that soccer ball: [ATTACH] The lion also seems to be holding a rather large shield in the...
This one could go into a martial arts manual. The classic pressure point strike to the underarm followed by a right punch to the head. :-D
Wow! The griffin is doing even better than the lion. That mean uppercut into the armpit looks instant KO. :-D
The reverse of these tiny 1/16 Shekels from Sidon is supposed to depict a Persian king or hero about to slay a lion. However, on most coins I have...
I loved going through this thread. Glad to hear the stolen coins from the original post were finally recovered. While I am no stranger to “lost”...
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