I had to check my notes. Series 5 at Cyzicus 328-329 introduced three diademed obverses of a total of seven by 330. One of these had the head...
The head looking up/eyes to heaven obverse campgate from Cyzicus is well known and attested. RIC lists it as obverse type E4 and lists it as RIC...
Yes, I agree. Apparently that location on the hammer die was vulnerable to gouging or similar mayhem resulting in marks that would stand up (in...
I think you are quite right that you have found a die match. Maybe the one and only, but the mark is present. Now, is it progressive in some...
I need to enlist the broad searching power of CT to see if we can locate another example of an unexpected mark. This is an antoninianus of...
At the time, baptism was not about "professing faith." Having it done did that, of course, but its purpose was more about cleansing from sin (ala...
Well, I have to confess that the "eyes to heaven" obverse type has long been of interest to me. Hence the avvie from one in my collection.
The article Ed pointed us to rings with familiarity and mentions some noteworthy things, but in the end is a monument to stereotyping. That said,...
Prior to 211, the obverse inscription is identified in RIC as type 2a with a single n in LICINIVS. (IMP C VAL LIC LICINIVS P F AVG) Your obverse...
Oh, that Matidia steals my heart. The coin show sound that makes you freeze, "Ding -- roll -- spin to flat on the floor."
@Carausias Since you asked about using Photoshop, I suggest you ignore all the adivce you are getting for other utilities. Let me tweak the...
Good show. This is real numismatic study. My hat is off.
My motivation and focus of interest in coins (and stamps too) is probably going to seem a bit "out there" to some, but it is what it is. I am...
Wouldn't be the first culture to do that with abstractions, or at least certain types of abstractions.
@Marsyas Mike Thanks to you and others for the kind words and reception of this listing. We'll keep adding to it. As for the officina,...
I wonder if calling them "roaches" grew out of calling them "ants" as in Like pests that can show up everywhere Same thread as TIF quoted
Actually, the distinction is not mound and phoenix, but mound and globe. Both have a phoenix. Do any of the mints do both types for this? If...
BRAVO!!! Yet from the Falling Horsemen you were showing it seems to me you sometimes take it a step further, getting down into series or...
I've been using the same 16x swivel-fold hand loupe for over 25 years. It appears to be steel and glass, and is stamped ANCO / 16x on one side,...
One of the things that has always griped me about RIC IX is that they define "periods" by chronology, rather than "series" by markings. The...
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