Great coin. The ethnic attribution of Sceatta is often difficult. It is likely that these coins were typically not issued by kings or princes, but...
Thanks a lot. Yes, I found a few more now on acsearch. I had hoped that it was an Italian mint issue (the reason why I bought it). Cherson was...
Austrasia was the eastern part of the Merovingian and later Carolingian Empires. Austrasia included parts of modern Germany and the Low Countries....
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...
Even the legitimate late Roman emperors are often indistinguishable. Imagine, Theodosius I may have looked like this old toad Vespasian in real...
Great coin and super article. I enjoyed that very much. In my view, however, Flavius Victor was still very young, i.e. a minor in AD 387....
Then again, we know that both double-denari (Antoniniae) and denari were issued under Probus. The single denari were distinguishable by a laurel...
I have about 40 Probus Antoniniae, but this one stands out as being the lightest and the smallest in absolute size and in die diameter. Also I...
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