July 15, 2026
Coins of Festus are scarcer than those of other procurators and represent the last phase of Nero era administration before unrest erupted across the province. Procurator: Porcius Festus. Denomination: Prutah (15 mm, 2.12 g).
July 15, 2026
Judaea Caesarea Maritima Severus Alexander AE SPQR Wreath Eagle 222 235 AD Authentic Ancient Roman Provincial Coin. Struck in Caesarea Maritima the administrative and military capital of Roman Judaea this provincial bronze connects imperial authority with local civic identity.
July 15, 2026
City: Akko–Ptolemais (Judaea). This reverse type is among the most artistically important of all local Judaean provincials: the goddess Tyche, protectress of the city, sits upon a coastal rock while the Na’aman River, personified as a swimming man, flows below her.
July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026
Certified authentic ancient artifact. Struck in Alexandria during Gallienus’s thirteenth regnal year, this billon tetradrachm features Nike presenting victory and hope amid the empire’s military and political crises.
July 15, 2026
351-352 AD. Thessalonica mint. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO legend with soldier/emperor rushing left, shielded on left arm spearing fallen horseman, shield on ground to right; ?. in left field, mintmark.
July 15, 2026
The rocky base symbolizes Petra’s famous cliff and mountain setting while Tyche represents the citys protective fortune. These marks are collected as a separate series and indicate continued local use of older coinage under new fiscal rules during the Severan period.
July 15, 2026
July 6, 2026
July 6, 2026
His coinage reflects a brief period of political stability prior to rising tensions that would eventually culminate in the Jewish War. Denomination: Prutah (18 mm, 2.90 g). Condition: Good Very Fine with clear devices.
July 6, 2026
This example shows an unusual incuse grain ear on the obverse which perfectly matches the reverse design. Because no corresponding weakness exists on the reverse this feature is best explained as a mint striking error likely caused by a brockage that was caught and restruck at the mint.
July 6, 2026
Researchers such as Qedar and Lonnquist have argued that the spelling AGRIPA with a single Pi the massive die count and archaeological find patterns suggest an issue minted early in the Jewish War rather than during the short reign of Agrippa I.
