Sometimes I buy a coin even though I don't exactly know what it is. The coin below is such a coin. I paid some 8 euros for the little mystery. Of...
I have a surprisingly small and light Probus Antoninian. It is the coin, first row on the right with the consular bust. The coins were...
I bought a group of coins that are attributed to the Samosata mint. Samosata was a city in what is now eastern Anatolia at the border of modern...
I have the denarius below of Severus Alexander. I bought the coin as an official mint product, but I wonder if it isn't an imitation? Obv.:IMP C...
I have the following coin below: Obv: MONETA REGIS P SCLAVONIA+ Rev.: S - L Weight: 14g Diameter: 31mm I had this piece since I was a child in...
The link below reports about the discovery of Merovingian gold coins in Norfolk, England https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-59151380
I found the coin below and bought it only because the seller gave a weight of 5.54g, which I could not quite believe. However, I got the coin and...
The press reported today that a hoard of around 5500 Roman silver coins was found in the south German city of Augsburg. The hoard amounts to about...
I have the following follis of Crispus in my collection. Obv.: CRISPVS NOB CAES Rev.: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM Field: VOT X --- RS Mint: Rome Year: AD...
As most of you know will know, Aemilianus was a very short-lived emperor of the mid-3rd century. Indeed, his rule of some 3 months in 253 is kind...
I have this Antoninian of Salonina: SALONINA AVG // DEAE SEGETIAE The coin is better than the picture, but nevertheless wenn a very nice...
I bought the two coins below on Ebay. I don't yet have the coins, but the deal looks promising. Each coin was offered at EUR 45. I offered 39 and...
I find it quite difficult to determine the mints at which coins of Valerian I were struck. For example, the coin below; I have it down as Rome...
Below is a "Gothic" imitation of an aureus of Probus. I bought the coin a couple of years ago. The exact same coin is in the O. Anokhin catalog...
In general, my view has always been that barbarous imitations of coins of the Gallic empire were made in unofficial mints in Gaul and at the...
Today (15.08.) marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the last vestiges of the gold standard. On 15.08.1971 (also a Sunday) President Nixon...
I am very happy with this recent Ebay find. In fact the coin arrived today and I must say I'm very happy with it. IMP C CONSTANTINVS PF AVG //...
The good old Goths are vastly underrepresented in the discussions on this forum. Hence, I thought I discuss a couple of interesting Gothic coins...
I bought this Antoninian of Aurelian recently on Ebay. I thought the reverse legend would be the well attested FORTVNA REDVX. Instead it reads:...
The coin in the link below is offered as reproduction on Ebay. I think this fake is quite convincing (in contrast to the sellers other...
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