I know, the above imitations get regularly attributed to the Vandals, but I think it is unlikely that they were made under the authority of a...
I don't think that the coin was issued by Gaiseric. Under Gaiseric and Huneric, the Vandals only copied Roman siliquae and 1/2-siliquae in the...
Thanks for sharing the video. I have often been to the Baldwin's store at Adelphi Terrace in London. There were real characters working there. I...
I think there should be a differentiation. The different dress elements could be noted as B1 var.1, var. 2 .... etc. Also, in the description we...
Thanks a lot. The bust type B1 is quite scarce. Within this bust type B1 they don't differentiate apparently between the emperor's dress. Most of...
That is a fantastic coin. Great heroic bust with decorated shield. Congratulations.
Great coins! However, I think a more exact prototype to the Aethelred penny is this Probus below. It would be even closer, if I had a variety...
I found the coin below on Ebay. I bought it, because I was intrigued by the bust variety, which I had not seen before. Left-facing busts are...
It is actually neither a cow nor a bull, but an aurochs. Aurochs still existed when the coin was minted. The last exemplar was killed in Poland in...
Mecklenburg-Wismar belong to the Wendischer Münzverein, i.e. the union of cities in north eastern Germany that minted coins to the same...
Here is a post-reform radiate of Constantius Chlorus. I just picked this one up on Ebay. I got it for 9.99 (euros)! I was the only bidder. These...
I understand that silvering and silverwash are two different processes that yield different results. Is it possible to apply silvering to an...
I read somewhere (can't locate the source) that the often made claim that the artistry of the die engravers deteriorated at the end of the 3rd...
Great portrait! I'm surprised about the dating to 294-295, though. Galerius was appointed Caesar on 21. May 293 and Constantius at around the...
I suppose the mint of Lyon did not have a reliable portrait of Galerius, but more or less engraved a typical tetrach who looked very much like...
Happy New Year everybody! Here is my first purchase (on the first day) of the year. Antoninian of Caesar Galerius Obv.: MAXIMIANVS NOB C Rev.:...
On the word KOSON the author Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert seems to have no doubt that it is a personal name. Referencing others authors,...
Bearded Gordians are underrepresented in this thread so far: Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Rev.: SECVRIT PERP Mint: Rome RIC IV.III 151...
True! Here are two attractive youthful portraits of Gordian III: Obv.: IMP CAES MANT GORDIANVS AVG Rev.: IOVI CONSE-RVATORI Mint: Rome Year: AD...
:-) 7 out of some 80 is still a few. They kept piling up over the years.
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