This is a very strange coin as the reverse only appears on gold coins. It is a fourree coin too, which makes it a contempory forgery. I do have...
Looks as if I am in the wrong Forum, but, yes, I once had a tank with sparkly fish, but growing children took up their time and fish slowly died...
Would Curtis Clay's thesis on Septimius' coinage be available somewhere? That study may contain valuable information. Frans
As I am increasing in years, so is the number of coins in my vast collection. What my children fear most, is me dying on them and they being left...
I got this one at 2% of the asking price of the V-coins coin! So, yes, mine is allowed to be of lesser quality:joyful:
Already showed it on Forum, but this is one that no-one has: Jupiter Latio - third known example.[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] This is one of my recent buys; couldn't resist this relatively rare coin.
"I have been looking for Strack for a LONG TIME!" Nearly all surviving books are with libraries, museums and collectors. I had to pay $ 500 for...
As a fervent collector of Antoninus Pius, I have been looking for one of Strack's three volumes he ever published in the thirties. It took me...
Tiberius, Germanicus and Drusus[ATTACH]
Germanicus and Agrippina from Aezanis,[ATTACH]
Here's my 2194[ATTACH]
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C,laureate cuirassed bust right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS single standard with dot on banner; can't be any other than Siscia...
It is interesting to see that Ferrando, in his extensive study of the mint of Arles, discards the non-helmeted issue and starts the VLPP series as...
In Serdica they had no idea what the young Constantine looked like; this too is a caricature. Frans[ATTACH]
Here's one of my Valerian Caesar coins:[ATTACH]
I suggest you post your coins on Forumancientcoins.com where there are perhaps more experienced numismatists who could cast their judgements. I...
The bee is simply odd with the quaint stripes on its wings; I cannot find examples with such articulated and long legs of the bee. The deer has an...
Roman Republic Crawford 39 semuncia [ATTACH]
The Constantine coin is a stunner and very rare. SPES _ PVBLIC A really funny abbreviation! but they all have it. Frans
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