This is an AE2 size of the Alexandria mint. I used to have a (now lost) clipping from the Numismatist showing this coin before I owned it but...
Your coin most certainly is Severus Alexander. It has been harshly cleaned down to the brassy metal while most of us prefer the more natural...
I agree with Q. I run into this a lot in my Septimius Severus specialty. If asked to give a list of my ten favorite coins, most might be not...
Aigina AR obol 7mm diameter 3mm thick [ATTACH] Next: another turtle
I do not believe it is a c/m. There are at least three from the die with the seated man in the same place.
I also have fondness for the early portraits resembling Nerva. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Showing that Trajan was not forgetful of his roots, we have the...
Conversation sent. For anyone wondering more or less the same thing, it would be really good to give an idea if the coins are mostly broken and...
I had not taken note of the AE series but have a few of the earlier AR issues. 1/3 stater with reverse doublestrike producing extra rows of...
This is very true and is responsible for a couple of my photo habits. When I switched to my new mirrorless Canon RP I immediately fell in love...
Does this coin appear to have been struck on the reverse possibly with a ball peen hammer? There is flatness on both sides in the centers but the...
Thank you. If I recall correctly there was no die study of denarii due to the huge numbers of dies. Do you have an estimate of the number of...
Yes. We will see this expressed as three twelths "trionkia" or simplified to one fourth "tetras". Many people get confused in their twelths...
To what degree did this extend to coins? At one point it would be considered sufficient to note a pile of old coins was seen but many of us want...
While much more common in the late Roman period, there are unofficial, solid (not fourree) denarii from all periods. Some are more base than the...
For about a century centering on this coin it is not at all unusual to see A, M, N, V with lines that don't come together when we might expect...
While the coin is lovely, those are particularly excellent photos. Did you take them? Of course I would prefer if the two sides were joined so...
One reason might be to learn the lesson that it was a mistake to brighten it without making that discovery on a 'good' coin. The hardest part of...
I'd like to see the Plautilla. I assume it is a Provincial but large ones unless really trashed are worth $3.52 at least.
My guess is plated. Most of this type sold seem to be. Is that a tight seam on the obverse from the V of CLAVD to the S of CAESAR then running...
I am not usually one to pay extra for a provenance to just any collector but Pozzi was quite the character. His bio on Wikipedia barely mentions...
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