A really good start. If you love History, you're likely a successful future collector of ancient coins. That's my own case. Good luck JJ, and...
The Ostrogoth kingdom in Eastern Rome lasted 40 years. It fell to Justinian who put an end to that kingdom which was then governed by THEODORIC....
Here's a nice one of Constans. RIC VII - ANT- 111. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hello Well. After a long vacation, I picked up this coin from my folders. I think it suits Galeria's thread but mostly Venus, the Roman goddess...
Are they both silver?
When I saw the Murex shell on reverse of this coin, I thought that the bird on left field is Phoenix. I mean both Phoenicians. But it turned not...
Yes. Salonina. Thanks a lot for your very appreciated efforts. When I solve an enigma of a coin, I feel myself free. There are coins of Salonina...
I've just got this coin of Domitian. It was struck at Samaria and represents the event of Judaea Capta when the Romans achieved victory over...
Struck at Tiberias in Galilee, the following coin shows Hadrian fully cuirassed and bust right. The reverse has Zeus seated in tetrastyle temple...
Here's a coin of Marcus Aurelius. It weighs 9.24 g. That's all I know about this coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Do I read ACYLOU in exergue ?
Now I own the coin. It weighs 8.3 g. The coin has apparently no reference with this reverse for Cornelia Supera. Some experts might suspect that...
Almost a modern discovery in the realm of ancient coins. Congrats to all contributors in any way. Cheers..
Thanks. But the coin you show me reads : OTAC SEVERA. Mine reads CORNEL SUPER. What you say ?
Little is known in History about this woman. Cornelia Supera was the wife of Amelian. Very few coins from Roman colonies mention her. The reverse...
You're right. The coin was struck at Tyre under Diaduminian. The hexastyle temple belongs to the Phoenician Koinon. Rouvier 2343. Cheers.
I could barely convince myself that this coin represents an ancient temple and not a mere house, as it looks. The young Emperor is very likely...
If I buy the newly-patinated coin, and then go to NGC or others to slab the coin.. What grade would they give me? It's like turning the condition...
Thanks a million @THCoins . This fake was bought together with another silver coin from the Netherlands. It dates back to the Renaissance era of...
Weighing 4.46 g. the following silver coin was not struck at Constantinople but rather in a provincial mint. It was likely issued under Sultan...
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