Neat coin. Don't have much advice since the only thing I have tried on a darkish antoninianus of Phillip the Arab was a soak in lemon juice for a...
He certainly was a great emperor and a good man. His mistake was allowing Commodus to receive the powers of the Imperium rather than adopting a...
I asked it if I should collect roman coins of the third century A.D.? Response: "It's OK" Should I visit the oracle at Siwa oasis to get a...
Here's my heaviest Gordian...not actually as heavy as some of the above examples.... Gordian III, A.D. 238-244 AR Antoninianus, 24mm, 4.9 grams...
So it is Elagabalus. Nice sleuthing folks.
Nice coin with exceptional details @DonnaML !!!
Hard to tell I would guess Postumus. Could be a lightweight sestertius. I found on wildwinds.com that some sestertii also have radiate crowns...
As you suggested, a coin of Severus Alexander: Orichalcum sestertius, VICTORIA AVGVSTI type: [IMG] [IMG]
I change mine periodically as well, mainly to whatever my present coin interest is.
That's true, most of the time the coins became increasingly debased and smaller. However, Justinian, like Anastasius desired to improve the money...
Cool story....
That's a beautiful coin Victor. Also thanks for the coin I showed.
Something to hold a cosmetic?
Two of Maximian: EGYPT. Alexandria. Maximianus, first reign, 286-305. Tetradrachm (Potin, 19 mm, 7.26 g, 12 h), RY 8 = 292/3. ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ...
Nice one. Here's one in my collection: [IMG] [IMG]
Great article. I agree that the removable disk was in fact removed, perhaps accidentally. And the coin makers struck a flan directly into the...
Egypt. Maximinus Thrax Obverse: AVTO MAΞIMINO CEV CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right l Reverse: Radiate bust of Helios right; LB...
I think in most cases these are incidental scratches. The more obvious intentional examples have the portrait scrubbed away. Must have been a lot...
Neat
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