Lovely selection, the Nerva-Antonine bronzes being my particular favourites.
Some beauties there. My favourite is the charming Histamenon, but I could have picked any of them.
A nice eclectic mix of coins of good quality. An excellent start, I'd say.
Excellent picks RC, and I've enjoyed your threads about them throughout the year.
A real quality selection, well done.
Fantastic set of coins, well done. My favourites were the two from Antioch, both well outside of my collecting area, but both irresistible...
Wow what a nice Owl, really nicely centred. Looks like you've had a good year.
I've just been reading about the Merovingian kings in Gibbon, fascinating bit of history for sure. Congrats on the unexpected win!
Here we go, the British Museum has one: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_B-105 And here's Sol in a quadriga:...
Another remarkable fact about the -/*/PLN coins with COMITI AVGG NN is that there are 62 different varieties of legend and bust style for this...
No, the Licinius I showed has the first legend with AA VV GG, whereas your coin posted earlier has AVGG NN. The Constantine coins with COMITI AA...
Also check out the London mint coins with Sol riding a quadriga towards the viewer. Superb but again quite rare! RIC 81-84, or LMCC 8.07.027-.032...
[ATTACH] Although this one is for Licinius, there are Constantine coin from London with the same reverse, with the legend COMITI AA VV GG,...
I didn't post a top 10 last year, which was my first year of collecting, but I think I'm in a good place to do a list this year. It gave me a lot...
As an addendum to the above, I must also say that I will eagerly pursue minor varieties and interesting differences as and when they crop up as...
You've made the important distinction for me already David. Rare types are the thing I actively pursue in my Romano-British collection, and rare...
[ATTACH] 9.01.009 CONSTANTINVS AVG This coin is actually in pretty good shape, but the remaining patchy silvering on the obverse makes it look...
That is an interesting variation. I have a couple of these from London, both with the lozenge on an altar, but would like to add examples with...
Interesting group of coins, Justin. I still haven't got around to any Alexandrian coins yet. From my casual observations it seems a really...
Please let us know how the book is when you've given it a once through. No Sabina coins here, but it will happen eventually I'm sure.
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