Lets hope the buyer is not a member of this forum :-) I voted for coin no. 5, (the Claudius II, which is of fantastic quality) and no. 7,...
I agree, this is an attractive type. Below is an example from my collection. I don't know if this reverse commemorates a particular victory or...
My problem with the OP coin is that this is not just a repair, but possibly the obliteration of historically important information. So my answer...
Here is my favourite Numerianus Antoninian: Obv.: M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C Rev.: PRINCIPI IVVENTVT/VXXI Mint: Ticinum Date: first quarter AD 283 I...
I find it interesting that the spelling mistakes seem to appear only in the reverse legends.
My view is that "barbarians", i.e. people outside the Roman empire had no use for these coins (apart perhaps as raw material source). I think they...
As I wrote earlier, it never really occurred to me that most people in the eastern half of the Roman Empire spoke Greek instead of Latin, i.e....
Thanks a lot. Yes, I can see stylistic similarities between the busts. Also, I found the coin below on Wildwinds. It has the legend: SALVS PSVLAS...
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...
How are Postumus' coins attributed to the different mints. The coins from Milan are easy to recognize, but what distinguishes Trier, Cologne and Lyon?
Beautiful coin - Congratulations!
IBAN and BIC numbers are a European thing. Basically the IBAN is all one needs to make a money transfer to anywhere in Europe - usually at low...
:-) Well the coins are probably not Sarmatian (which is an ethnic designation) and I am not sure if Chernyakhov culture (which is an...
I wrote an article on these Taman imitations, which was published in the old Celator journal. Anyway, my most important conclusion was that...
True I guess. I work for the Swiss National Bank (the Swiss Federal Reserve if you like). Not long ago I found a 5 Rappen (the denomination below...
I have one ancestor who served in "The King's German Legion" at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the time the King of Hanover (in Germany) was...
Yes, these are the well-known marten-denars. The question is have they also produced large copper coins?
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...
In general, I don't think that solidi changed hands frequently. They functioned as stores of value and means of payment for large scale...
... or a useful fool who could be manipulated, as Suetonius claims. He certainly allowed freedmen like Narcissus and Pallas to amass great wealth,...
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