The Gortyna stater featured by @Curtisimo in this post, and his learned write-up on the type were very affecting. The coin is a link to a myth,...
This is a newly arrived auction win from ROMA E-86, an imitative tremissis of Leo I which was not more precisely identified. The die work is...
I succeeded in getting a 1/10th ounce, more or less on a whim. Just happened upon the notice and saw the purchase window was opening in 2 minutes.
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Constantius II when a mere Caesar.
I recently returned a solidus to a major auction house (not Heritage) which I determined was a match for a counterfeit previously published by the...
Once you consider medieval and ancient coins, cleaned versus uncleaned ceases to have much meaning. I have always presumed most centuries or...
Here is Tiberius II on his consular solidus. [ATTACH][ATTACH] The obverse legend is CONSTANT AUG VIV FELIX, the reverse VICTOR TIBERI AUG. It...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Tiberius II seems to have been a truly estimable character. Even Gibbon of Decline and Fall seems to have liked him. I recall...
The Dow is up about 44% in the past 12 months. S&P 500 is up 41% over the same time. Houses are selling for over the asking price in many areas,...
Electrum later in history is mostly adulterated gold, yet it retains a certain charm and beauty. [ATTACH] Pale gold or electrum ducat. Crusader...
Late Roman and Byzantine 3/4 facing busts lack much individuality for the most part, but this image of Constantius II seems to me to be an...
Mine came from Joe Linzalone of Wolfshead Gallery. I think he has a special affection for these coins. He had several when I bought this one...
My only Celtic stater, a Norfolk wolf of the Iceni.[ATTACH]
This arrived today, a silver denier of Lyon, circa 1200-1260 AD. This coin proudly parades the fact that Lyon, then Lugdunum, was the first seat...
I would bet Athena’s companion animal is a goat, not a stag. It sports goat horns, not stag antlers. And it is bearded. Athena’s aegis is...
My Marcus Aurelius aureus was MUCH less expensive than that. Like 97% less. [ATTACH]
That is a very interesting observation! The nose shares the qualities of the classic Roman nose, a very projected bridge, and a downward curved...
Here is a MEMORIA FELIX which is postmortem, but it is from the London mint and Constantius did die in Britannia, so perhaps an accurate likeness....
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