Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought "MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI" means "Mars, defender of the Fatherland".
Theoderic and Hrefn, you raised a number of interesting questions. Here is my take on them: 1. Why are there "barbaric" Leo I Tremisses, while...
I think the problem is that "edge filing" can mean different things to different people. It is indeterminate and open to interpretation. If it...
Great coins shown here. Al, yours is fantastic. I wonder if the reverse legend with PATRI was chosen for a particular reason or to mark a...
What is a charm?
True, thanks for the correction. I have it correctly described in my collection, but just made the wrong ad-hoc attribution.
These are my favourite Diocletians. In fact, this is one of my favourite series of all Roman coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And here is a recent acquisition of a Diocletian from Lugdunum. Not in imperial mantle, but with a rather distinctive bust: [ATTACH]
Nice coins. I don't have Diocletian in imperial mantle, but I have Maximinian in imperial mantle and with scepter: [ATTACH]
Very true. My biggest Constantine coin and quite a pleasant surprise. Your coin looks great.
I am very happy with this recent Ebay find. In fact the coin arrived today and I must say I'm very happy with it. IMP C CONSTANTINVS PF AVG //...
Hi Al, your first coin is my second coin. :) Apparently, there are two groups of these silver coins: a heavy group that is near the target weight...
The question of official vs. imitative (or barbarian) pertains not just to some of Leo's Tremisses it also concerns some of his silver coins....
If you search for "Chun Hua Yuan Bao" you will find exemplars. This one here on ebay is in my opinion not genuine:...
Here is something weird. The writing is obscured by encrustations. There are two very high relief Buddha (?) figures on the reverse. Diameter:...
That is kind of disappointing, if someone leaves his coins to a museum and the museum sells it to the market. I'm not criticising the BM. Their...
But that is still exactly the situation that I described before. It doesn't matter if A wants B's coin more than the other way round. All that...
I have quite a few Gallienus coins that I like a lot. I am particularly fond of the one below: IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG // LIBERALITAS AVGG...
All true, but I was careful not to talk about (money) prices, but subjective value. A coin that does not appeal to many people will have a...
I'm no expert of late Byzantine coins, but this piece looks highly dubious to me. A CONOB sigle (for gold coins), combined with the large...
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