Very attractive exemplar. I think the coin was minted in my home region of Lüneburg - Bardowick.
Very interesting write-up and great coins. Here is a denar of Emperor Otto I, II or III of the mint of Esslingen. The name OTTO appears on the...
That is very cool. Do you know why Richard Bruce's coat of arms reversed the colours of that of his father? I don't know about English/Scottish...
Serdica also produced some very nice and distinctive coins for Probus. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Rev: VIRTVS PROBI AVG (VIR-1) Field /...
The OP coin is fantastic. I didn't know that the mint of Serdica had closed for a couple of decades before reopening in 304. Here is an Aurelian...
Hm, I live in Roman Turicum, have visited every Roman site in a perimeter of hundreds of kilometers, but have never found so much as a single...
I don't know if there is any real evidence to support this money laundering theory. I suppose not. However, I know that most or all of the Aurum...
I attended a Leu-Auction in person in Zurich in 2019. At this auction it was bidder 51, who bought almost all and everything usually at multiples...
Here is an extremely heavy (and fat) Antoninian of Claudius II from my collection: Obv.: IMP CLAVDIVS PF AVG Rev.: VICTORIA AVG Exergue: S...
Oops, I missed that thread. The Gallienus is great. I have never handled a coin that was struck on 2 flans.
The coin above (Alwin's) is fantastic. I wonder what the reason is for this very wide range of weights: 1. Was it just a lack of control. Mint...
Thanks a lot for this information. My Valerian really looks and feels like the early Antoniniae of Caracalla and Elagabalus in terms of weight and...
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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...
No worries, now I understand the numbering of Gallienus' victories much better.
I just found the answer to my questin above: A. Alfoldi's booklet "The Victories of the Emperor Gallienus" (p. 40) states that VICTORIA AVG VIII...
My avatar is simply our family coat of arms. Not very creative, I know.
I also have a VICTORIA AVG III [ATTACH] I just found this VICTORIA AVG VIII on Ebay. It was very very cheap, so I bought it. [ATTACH] Does...
That is possible. The Juthungi stela that was found in 1992 and is historically ver important. It reports that Semnones "sive" Iuthungi had...
Yes, that is correct IT does not stand for Italy, but ITERVM. And yes, that is a rare type and a very attractive coin.
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