I've just won these four
Romans and as a mainly Greek collector am somewhat clueless for specific ID. The reason I got this lot was becuase one of them (bottom right) was a coin of Valbalathus, the young
king of the Palmyrene empire who I've recently been learning about in my
Roman Syria module. In the lecture and seminar we looked at
his coinage and discussed that he was essentially a pretender to the
Roman Imperial throne rather than a rebel as
his later coins ditch recognising
Aurelian and are in the
Roman style with
Roman legends rather than emphasising
his other status as
King of Kings in the Eastern fashion. I find him an intruiging figure and wanted one of
his issues for my
collection.
Anyways, ID
help is much appreciated.
Andy
P.S I may be persuaded to let go the other 3 coins once they are ID'd, so if you are interested give me a pm.
