Victorinus' Antoniniani with PAX reverse are very common. However, the series is more varied and interesting than expected. This is an early...
I put in a (relatively) low bid on a 50-Nummi coin of King Hilderic of the Vandals in Africa. I won the coin unexpectedly and thought that this is...
For some Emperors the mints recorded special honorific titles. Here is a new addition to my collection, Probus with the title DEO ET DOMINO (to...
I meant to get a coin of Hannibalianus Rex for I don't know how long. I have never been satisfied with the condition. Finally, I pulled the...
I was surprised to get a nice denarius of Orbiana in the mail the other day. I had placed a low speculative bid in an auction in early February,...
Someone posted pictures of medieval Georgian coins, stating how unusual and sometimes how unobtainable and rare they are. I think this field of...
I thought it is better to create a new thread for coins of the Kievan Rus, rather than showing them under the one coin of Podolsk. So again:...
With all the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, I thought I post a coin from my collection from that region, which I am sure hardly anyone here will...
I bought this siliqua in yesterday's Gorny & Mosch auction: Obv.: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG Rev.: VIPTV..HO-MA-NORVIIV In exergue: MPPS [ATTACH]...
I have three anepigraphic coins of Constantine I and his sons Constantine II and Constantius II (Cripus is missing). As far as I can see, these...
I bought this coin below mainly for its interesting shield decoration. Obv. IMP PROBVS AVG Rev.: SALVS AVG The shield shows two rows of soldiers...
I picked up a really nice Probus Antoninian on Ebay. The seller's picture was abysmal, which probably kept competition away. So I got the coin for...
I picked up this Aurelian Antoninian for a grand total of EUR 12.50 (+ shipping of 1 EUR because I bought four other coins from the same seller)....
I got this coin in a Czech auction. It was cheap and I even forgot that I bought it until it arrived today. When I placed the bit, I didn't...
I found the coin below on Ebay. I think the type is quite scarce, especially for Siscia. I wonder how RIC arrived at such a narrow dating at...
I found the coin below on Ebay. I bought it, because I was intrigued by the bust variety, which I had not seen before. Left-facing busts are...
Happy New Year everybody! Here is my first purchase (on the first day) of the year. Antoninian of Caesar Galerius Obv.: MAXIMIANVS NOB C Rev.:...
I picked up the coin below recently, at a surprisingly low price (probably because of the green incrustations). I bought the coin because of the...
We are so used to seeing Antoniniani of the late 3rd century in brown, black or dark green colours that it is easy to forget how these coins...
These two Tacitus Ants maybe the last arrivals for this year. Lugdunum created the most naturalistic coin portraits at the time and I bought the...
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