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CILICIA.SOLOI. AR-Stater, c. 420 BC; 10.48 g Amazon or goddess (Ishtar/Shawushka?) kneeling on the left with bow and qui...
03/11/2025

CILICIA.
SOLOI. AR-Stater, c. 420 BC; 10.48 g Amazon or goddess (Ishtar/Shawushka?) kneeling on the left with bow and quiver / In Incusum: grape.


Beautiful sestertius of princeps Claudius from Rome mint struck 41-50 AD, RIC 1 96. Portrait of Claudius laureate head r...
03/11/2025

Beautiful sestertius of princeps Claudius from Rome mint struck 41-50 AD, RIC 1 96. Portrait of Claudius laureate head right, with EX SC OB CIVES SERVATOS within oak wreath. Joe Geranio text.

RIC 1 363- Neronian Dupondius 29mm, 14.36g, Rome mint struck 67 AD. Shows Nero radiate head left with Roma reverse. Jo...
03/11/2025

RIC 1 363- Neronian Dupondius 29mm, 14.36g, Rome mint struck 67 AD. Shows Nero radiate head left with Roma reverse. Joe Geranio.

Both the coin of Antoninus Pius from Abonuteichus and that of Caracalla from Nicomedia feature the serpent deity Glycon,...
03/11/2025

Both the coin of Antoninus Pius from Abonuteichus and that of Caracalla from Nicomedia feature the serpent deity Glycon, a long-haired snake said by Lucian of Samosata to have been the invention of a fraud named , who planted a serpent in a temple and equipped it with a puppet head and wig to convince locals that the prophecy of Asclepius returning in serpent form had been fulfilled. Though Lucian ridiculed the cult as a money-making scheme, the very presence of Glycon on civic coinage shows that the deity was embraced as part of local pride and religious identity.

MAGNA GRAECIA. SICILY, SYRACUSE. Emergency issue of the Second Democracy.Gold Dilitron, winter 406/5 BC. This rare gold...
03/11/2025

MAGNA GRAECIA. SICILY, SYRACUSE. Emergency issue of the Second Democracy.
Gold Dilitron, winter 406/5 BC. This rare gold dilitron of Syracuse was struck in 406/5 BC, during one of the most perilous and transformative moments in the city’s long history. For much of the 5th century BC, Syracuse had flourished under a largely democratic constitution following the fall of the Deinomenid dynasty, asserting itself as the dominant Greek power in Sicily.
Yet by the end of the century, the resurgence of Carthaginian ambition in the western Mediterranean brought catastrophe to the island’s Greek cities. In 409, the Punic commander Hannibal Mago avenged his ancestors’ defeat at Himera a generation earlier, and within a few years a vast Carthaginian army once again descended on Sicily. By 406, the Punic forces had devastated Akragas, Gela, and Kamarina, leaving Syracuse isolated and facing annihilation.


ROMAN REPUBLIC & IMPERATORIAL. C. Norbanus.Silver Denarius, 83 BC. Rome.Head of Venus right, wearing stephane, earring, ...
03/11/2025

ROMAN REPUBLIC & IMPERATORIAL. C. Norbanus.
Silver Denarius, 83 BC. Rome.
Head of Venus right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / prow-stem, fasces with axe, caduceus and corn ear.


Hadrian, 117-138. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.18 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on hi...
27/10/2025

Hadrian, 117-138. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.18 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder / She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus.
This beautiful aureus depicting the Lupa Romana with the twins Romulus and Remus evokes the mythical origins of Rome. The she-wolf suckling the two founders symbolizes both divine protection and the city's unique destiny.


ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMANCaracalla (198-217). Denarius, for divine Septimius Severus ND (211), Rome. #
27/10/2025

ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Caracalla (198-217). Denarius, for divine Septimius Severus ND (211), Rome.

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Augustus 27 BC-14 AD. AR denarius (20 mm; 3.62 g). Rome mint, struck 98-117 AD. Laureate head of Augustus right, with t...
27/10/2025

Augustus 27 BC-14 AD. AR denarius (20 mm; 3.62 g). Rome mint, struck 98-117 AD. Laureate head of Augustus right, with the features of Trajan / Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing with two round shields at base and two spears in background between them.

A wonderful photo (Stephen Chappell) of a silver roundel of the future princeps Tiberius (14-37 AD) it depicts the emper...
27/10/2025

A wonderful photo (Stephen Chappell) of a silver roundel of the future princeps Tiberius (14-37 AD) it depicts the emperor in military dress with officers sword. It also shows carnyx on both right and left sides, they were wind instruments used by the celts probably depicted here to insult the Celts. Found at Niederbieber, Germany , 20 cm, and resides at LVR Landesmuseum, Bonn. Joe Geranio text. A unique military piece.

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