Savoca indeed ships super fast, it gets to my house in the middle of North America from Germany in two days tops. Julian and his impressive...
The young Constantine was brought to the courts of Diocletian and Galerius for military and political seasoning. Some say he was a hostage. Others...
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[ATTACH] If you like temple architecture, this series of Maxentius has a ton of variations across different mints. Different acroteria, different...
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This isn't really my usual sort of thing but I recently came into possession of this. It was an inheritance from a relative who probably bought it...
Nice set. If you want to expand it you could add their spouses or some deification issues.
Yes, you're totally correct. She's holding the sail with both hands and her left foot. She's also holding a sistrum in her right hand but that...
I just got this one from Forum in the mail today! It is Ex Errett Bishop Collection. It is the same Hadrian year 17 type as the one @Broucheion...
Okay here are my thoughts for "thematic" coins for the Tetrarchs you have in bold. Constantius had a special connection to London. He was made an...
Michael Grant's biography of Nero says that this temporary abandonment of copper coinage was motivated by an imperial monopoly on zinc. Zinc is a...
[ATTACH] Faustina I. Deified late wife of Antoninus Pius. Circa 150 CE. Orichalcum sestertius. 32mm, 21.38g. Rome mint. Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA,...
[ATTACH] Constantius II. Circa 351-355 CE. AE2. 24mm, 6.29g. Mint mark off flan but probably Thessalonica. Obverse: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG....
Yep, I use that as my avatar because I really like his coins. The avatar does not imply a political endorsement of Maxentius although he did...
That one is my nicest, but this one is almost as nice. It has a very glossy patina and is ex Phil Peck Collection. [ATTACH] Maxentius. Minted...
[ATTACH] Maxentius. Minted circa 309-312 CE. AE follis. 24mm. Ostia mint, fourth officina. Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right....
[ATTACH] Amisos, Pontus. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, 85-65 BCE. AE28. 28mm, 19 g. Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing a crested helmet...
I don't have a retirement issue for Diocletian or Maximianus. I do have this, which I guess is an UN-retirement issue of Maximianus. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Constantine I. 312-313 CE. AE Follis. 23mm, 3.33g. Thessalonica mint, second officina. Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate,...
That Littleton list seems pretty crappy to be honest. It's missing every western Emperor after Valentinian III. Yes those people mostly reigned...
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