Nerva AE Dupondius. 97 AD. RIC 87 IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, radiate head right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Liberty standing left,...
Carus AE Antoninianus. Rome mint, struck under Carinus and/or Numerian, 283-285 AD. RIC 48 DIVO CARO PERS(icvs), radiate head right /...
Constantius I AE follis. Heraclea. 305-306 AD. RIC VI Heraclea 24a. IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right / GENIO POPV-L-I...
I started to clean coins from this lot(30$) received yesterday. I bought it mainly for two coins : the rarest DIVO type of Carus DIVO CARO...
Nice details , I didn't notice the two children before. After the last bath keep the coin in water for a couple of days , the colour will get better.
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I bought this Diocletian post-abdication follis after I read this interesting thread , so it deserve to be posted here. I found it by chance some...
I tried to find an explanation why Göbl replaced Lyons mint(attributed by RIC) with Cologne mint , difficult to find something clear , but for...
I did a nice copy/paste from wildwinds.com without verifying the text in detail. :) They have reversed the descriptions for the two DEO MARTI...
Thank you all ! Seems to be the same problem as for Antioch mint (Göbl) and Asia mint (RIC). I used RIC(wildwinds.com and OCRE) to identify the...
Hello , recently I bought three silver(or billon) antoniniani of Gallienus , one is struck at Rome and the other two are Lyons mint. Even if...
Gallienus AE Antoninianus. Sole reign. AD 260-267.Antioch (Göbl) or Asia (RIC) mint. RIC 629; Goebl 1611e GALLIENVS PF AVG, radiate, cuirassed...
This is another obverse die match , as the last coin you find , the reverse is different .With so much evidence, your coin can only be authentic....
I followed your thread from the beginning, sad to find out today that is fake example. Your coin motivated me to upgrade my first legionary...
Thank you very much @Orange Julius ! , the coin will have finally a label :) @TIF the database is awesome , thanks for sharing ! , I was able to...
Thanks !! I had the impression that they were greek letters and the reverse is not very common. If the last five letters on obverse are ...PF AVG,...
Hello , can you please help me identify this small provincial ? Thanks! 1.4 g/ 14mm [ATTACH]
I have some other different representations of Pannonia and Dacia Aelius AE As. RIC 1071 L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right / TR POT COS II, S-C...
If I really want to preserve the patina , I will go to the mechanical cleaning , I will don't take the risk to clean it with any kind of chemical...
this seller from VCoins gave a very nice explanation , for a similar Faustina II coin :...
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