No.5 [ATTACH] My latest pickup and last one for 2016, bought this bad boy 20 minutes ago: A Valens Siliqua from Rome. Rome in the 4th century CE...
2016 has been a great year for coin collecting, I've continued my relentless buying spree of Roman Siliquae while branching out to the early...
Thanks @Pishpash If I remember correctly, @panzerman has a tremissis of Tiberius Constantine. Right?
Certainly not fake. Siliquae were not minted on the scale that denarii were so it's not uncommon to find die matches.
Not my specialty so take my words with a grain of salt. I don't like it, something seems fishy, the bust of Salonina seems off as does the perfect...
@kevin McGonigal Here is a book I found on Vulgar Latin in the provinces, the author mentions the Balkans a few times. Might be worth a read....
I'm not very familiar with Thrace and Illyria, so I don't have a definitive answer for you. If I see something on the topic I'll send it your way.
I like the Tiberius II Tremissis. ;)
Damn!
Most Tremissii and Semissii struck after Justinian's reign show very poor craftsmanship. The dies were usually poorly engraved and make the...
@Eduard Agreed! Ancient Numismatics on their own are meaningless to me, it's only when history and context are brought in that the coin "comes alive".
The fact that he is in the "Byzantine" section does not bode well for me. Nice pentanummii, small bronze coins of Tiberius in that condition are...
Thanks guys. Feel free to post your coins of Tiberius. Constantine.
Nice
Thanks JA.
Thanks @Orfew.
The man who would become Flavius Tiberius Constantinus Augustus was born in the Latin speaking part of Thrace sometime in the mid-6th century. We...
Love the Siliqua; the ones with Julian as Caesar are always scarce.
Nice little lot.
By Jove! That's from Carthage!
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