This is on the edge of the definitions of both 'imperial' and 'pre-reform', but Carausius produced coins before the Tetrarchy was established...
Interesting to see the size shrink with the number of Gs! Mine do the opposite. My Diocletian retirement issue has the typical 2 Gs: [ATTACH]...
According to @dougsmit, a modius of grain could make enough bread (a Roman's staple foodstuff) to last ten days. The 'just price' of a modius in...
The Stuarts were dogmatic tyrants at a time when their subjects were demanding enlightenment. They make today's politicians look like fair-minded...
I imagine the founding of the committee in 1847 had something to do with the Religious Disabilities Act 1846, which removed any remaining...
Well, I do really have to add these. They're copying the bust style, the legends and the reverse. Even the material: [ATTACH] George IV, copper...
The Helena I have is barbarous. You can pretty much only recognise her by her hair, which reminds me of a beaver tail... [ATTACH]...
It helps me to think about why coins are divided into these categories and how that's relevant to me as a coin collector. This is how I see the...
Constantine II is good value. Here's my BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, which I got for the provenance rather than the bust, although I like that too:...
Yes the abdication issues are tricky - it took me a while to get the one for London: [ATTACH] Diocletian, bronze nummus, 305-307, Londinium....
I guess having 1/3s means you can count 4s as 3s... [ATTACH] Bronze trias (tetronkion or 1/3 litra), 440-430BC, Akragas (Sicily), 17.5mm, 15.33g....
With the news that production of 2 penny coins is being paused, it’s tempting to think the humble penny’s time might be up soon. Its purchasing...
To be fair, if you look at the auction site itself, the words 'modern copy' are at the start and the end of the description:...
I'm not an expert but that's a Thasos Tetradrachm with Dionysos / Herakles....
All of those are great coins. 3 in a month! I only have one Trajan, so it's easy to choose... [ATTACH] Trajan, silver denarius, 98-117AD, Rome....
Me too. It makes a change from all the standing figures London produced. But anything Allectus is quite expensive (which is why mine is somewhat...
You posting them on here is worth them sending you ten times as many
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