Interesting piece, but as noted, not a coin, per-se, although it shares many of the attributes of coinage - also very unlikely to have been struck...
It appears the reverse bust's hair is bound with a wreath of ivy leaves - on that basis, I'd second dltsrq's guess that Dionysos is the reverse...
Another, slightly different (almost believable) "EID MAR" copy[IMG] A more authentic J. Caesar [IMG] None too pretty, but this Caesar elephant...
"Kitty Candy"!
I don't think there's any problem or question about any of the large-module folles in this thread, but in case someone is not aware of it, there...
Thanks. I have never considered myself a particularly serious Byzantine collector - it's one of several "satellite" collections I consider to be...
Justinian's large-module, facing-bust folles and half folles have always been favorites of mine in the Byzantine series: [IMG]...
What? You've never heard of "chemtrails"? ( ;<{D} This is one of the least plausible of the silly CT (conspiracy theory, not Coin Talk) concepts...
This is all opinion, of course, and which events or factors in a temporal sense your breaking-out of sub-eras can be used to highlight is...
The transition from familiarity only with Latin-inscribed coins to reading/recognizing at a glance legends inscribed in Greek is a moderately...
You might consider that there are many different fabrics from which your "toothpicks" might be made - both metallic and non-metallic tools include...
Obv: Head of Alexander* as young Hercules, right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws knotted at throat. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ vertically downwards to...
I suspect that one is a Roman Provincial issue for Faustina Jr. or Lucilla. Unfortunately, if it is, the ethnic on the reverse is illegible which...
As for "Love Tokens" - It was a common custom (mainly in the Victorian age) to have a jeweler plane-off one side of a coin (typically silver, but...
A couple years ago my mail carrier signed for a small parcel (single coin) coming registered from Cyprus. I never got the coin. When I complained,...
$50 was, however - despite being a potential check-total for a sit-down lunch for two these days - in those days, the 1880's when a beer was 5¢...
$50 gold "slugs" weren't in common use in day-to-day transactions. Rather like a $500 or $1000 bill would be, at best, awkward to make change for...
That's a regular-size follis - being a posthumous commemorative it is a somewhat unusual type for the era, granted. But it's not out of the...
The Siscia quarter-folles are an interesting and relatively easy "short set" to collect - they're only tangentially related to the Constantinian...
The Constantius commemorated on this half-or-quarter follis issue was Constantius I. He was Constantine I's (the Great's) father so it is correct...
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