Nice, this one is on it's way to me right now [IMG]
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[IMG] It looks good and doesn't really bother me, since you still get the entire head, The strike is similar to my Alexander Balas Drachm which...
Yeah, i would go with 1516, they seem miss-attributed quite often..:angelic:
edit --- I have no idea SB 1630 supposedly has 3 different legend types LEON S CONST or LEON SC CONST or LEON CON so.. its either 1516 or 1630...
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It has to be SB 1630, 1516 only has the letters SC between the crosses on their heads while yours and SB 1630 have the letters SCO
Pretty sure it's Leo V [IMG] Leo V the Armenian, with Constantine. 813-820. Æ Follis (24mm, 4.78 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned facing...
Nice, none of my coins have provenance going back very far, [IMG] but this one has been around quite a bit this year.. Ex Prue Morgan Fitts...
Because it has a Siscia mint mark on it, SIS, short for Siscia
Anyone have any idea what the indents around the letters on the obverse of this denarius are? [IMG] [IMG]
Nice, I remember seeing that one when i was looking to buy a Justinian Solidus, My first gold coin, also a Justinian, which i received less than...
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/articles/serrated/serrated.htm
It arrived yesterday and looks good yeah, I think that appears to be what is understruck on my coin [IMG]
It looks Greek The face might be Apollo? reverse looks like Herakles maybe too
Probably a mid/late third century Antoninianus
A New Byzantine Follis [IMG] Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. Æ Follis (27mm, 9.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck...
Maybe a thread on coins we were outbid on :drowning:
I just won this auction on Ebay, my first coin of Nero Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Bare head left, with globe at point of bust /...
Here is another article which includes some photos of what they found...
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