I don't own many (or even any) Byzantines and this one is beyond my comfort zone. This came as one of three small coins that were part of a mixed...
Here are a few that I have been able to track down on Acsearch Constantius I https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=755001 Max. Herc. (left...
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Title is incorrect. This is DIOCLETIAN but I can't find out how to change the title. There is a subset of coins from this issue at Trier that...
Another Gordian III Roma but from Antioch instead of Rome. The two mints can be differentiated by style. Gordian III Antoninianus Obv:– IMP...
Many thanks Curtis. It confirmed opinion. I think that many sold as Rome are in fact Antioch.
I think it's like this:- Caracalla denarius Obv:– ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev:– VIRT AVGG, Virtus standing...
Hi all, I have acquired the following coin:- Severus Alexander Denarius Obv:- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust...
Gordian III, Bithynia, Nicaea??? Mainly because I think that I can see M ANT GORDIANOC AV with a radiate head right, combined with stanrds that...
I haven't gotten round to the large lot yet but my second example of the OP type has arrived today. It would appear to be the same obverse die as...
Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated...
You have to wonder how many of these coins he would have seen in person. There may well be some examples where you could make this extrapolation...
Hi Doug, I had been pondering this too. Year 1 coins can be on a shorter production volume based on when the emperor rose to power, in this case...
I am working through a mixed batch of coins that I have bought to start off the year. The batch consists of about 20 Alexandrian Tets from...
I have already reported them to ebay but I have moved on as my replacement purchases have arrived.
This is not the first time that this has happened to me but it annoys me every time. An ebay seller, who sells a mix of modern, medieval and...
Lysimachos, Kingdom of Thrace, AR tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev:– Athena enthroned l.,...
I have a soft spot for his coinage. Oddly enough my last purchases last year included some of him as have my first purchases of this year..... I...
Just for reference. Here are the examples that I obtained for the two types (LIBERAL AVG COS and SAEC FRVGIF COS) cited by Curtis above:- [IMG]...
I have noticed a steady increase in charges and costs with this hobby across the board over recent years. I use Tranferwise where supported but...
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