[ATTACH] Provincial Silver Denarius Phillipi mint, A.D. 69-70 Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG Rev: PACI OPB TERR AVG - Turretted female bust Φ behind...
Ahh. Correct. Stupid astigmatisms.
I expect that the show will be during the peak of the post-holiday Covid surge. I'm not particularly concerned about getting sick myself, since...
CERERI AVG!?! Did someone really get away with calling the empress a pack of 3-headed dogs on official coins? Or is my Latin a little rusty?
[ATTACH] Vitellius Imperator, A.D. 69 Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 69 Obv: A VITELLIVS GERM AVG TR P Rev: CONCOR-DIA P R - Concordia, seated,...
Yes. You could use electrolysis and a silver coin to to move silver atoms onto the surface of the ancient coin. You can also do this chemically,...
[ATTACH] Maximian (Herculius) Caesar, A.D. 285-286 Augustus, A.D. 286-305; 307-310 Bronze Pre-Reform Antoninianus Lugdunum mint, A.D. 287 Obv:...
Can't believe I got this posted in time:[ATTACH] Antoninus "Caracalla" Caesar, A.D. 195-198 Augustus, A.D. 198-217 Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D....
I believe you are correct. It does look more like the head of a horse than that of a goat. Thanks for the correction.
Getting back to the OP, it looks like a large SC on the reverse. I agree that the portrait looks like Claudius I, but don't know of any coins of...
I no longer own this coin--is that cheating?--so I don't have all the specifics: [ATTACH] Gallienus Augustus, A.D. 253-268 Billon Antoninianus...
Nice coins, everyone. The tables are (deliberately?) turned on my contemporaneous example from the usurper, Magnentius--the horseman remains on...
[ATTACH] Kingdom of Macedonia Greek AE 1/2 Unit Attributed to Alexander IV, 325-310 B.C. Obv: Macedonian shield, with thunderbolt on boss Rev:...
I still think it looks like Julian II. My guess is it's either a babarous imitation or a fourrée core of this Siliqua type. The only other...
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=123536 Not my coin, just in case you weren't sure.
On 4th century bronzes, Jupiter is usually depicted holding Victory on globe, presenting wreath. This coin is an exception: [ATTACH] Constantine...
In addition, Roma is looking left (west) while Costantinopois is looking right (east). Here's my Roma, from Cyzikus: [ATTACH] Gratian Augustus...
The top picture shows the reverses. The emperor's name is on the obverse. The one obverse that you sent is of a coin of the emperor Maurice...
Thanks for the tip @TIF. I've tried it out, and it does work very well on small specks of foreign material.
Nice coins. I think that's the first Genius coin that I've seen with an eagle.
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