Dirk, Thanks for pointing out Wild Winds, they have an impressive selection of Anthemius coinage. Most of these coins were submitted by European...
Dirk, I don't know who attributed the Anthemius solidus you posted, but this coin is clearly not the product of the Rome Mint, & most likely...
P.O.M., Your 2nd pair of photos is a vast improvement over the 1st ones :happy:! The details are sharper & the contrast of the reliefs to the...
Dirk, That's a good question o_O. I don't think it's a casual fill-in, it seems very deliberate. PATRI (father) PROPVGNATORI (defender) looks like...
Dirk, Your coin has an interesting portrait, especially the way the eyebrow was done :happy:. I scored the example pictured below, from the Trier...
Hrefn made this remarkable comparison on my thread "Different Faces of Constantius I Chlorus"....
wittwolf, I agree with the other CT members, the coin isn't rare & appears genuine. Your apprehension is understandable since the coin has a...
Shogun, Congrats on scoring a very handsome nummus of Diocletian :happy:! I've never completed any collecting goal, that's what keeps me going...
Dirk, Late Roman silver coins show large variations in weight & this has always puzzled me :confused:. This is true even if we look back a century...
Dirk, This is a tough call on both coins o_O. Pictured below is a coin posted on Numista as a 1/4 siliqua, .68 gm, 14 mm, Uncertain Germanic...
Kaleun, Thanks for the kind words. I don't often shop in that price range too, but I got the coin at a very good price :smuggrin:. The caduceus in...
Kaleun, That's a handsome coin despite the test cut :happy:, & your video is impressive :jawdrop:! My only Tet from Sicily is pictured below....
Roman coinage was more than a transactional commodity, it was an official message of the state. No doubt Constantine showed support for the large...
Dirk, You make an interesting point I tend to agree with, "I think his attitude towards Christianity was quite ambivalent." The famous silver...
Victor, Excellent article & coins illustrated. The most iconic victory issue of Constantine I has to be the SPES PVBLIC issue of AD 327 :happy:....
Here is another nummus from the Heraclea Mint, from the same officina as the coin Donna posted. My coin is unusually light but it's in choice...
CNG has sold many coins of the type you posted for a lot more than $75.00 :cool:.
I agree with you & most of the CT members who responded to this thread, that's why I posted the coin ;). If I saw the coin at a show or dealer's...
a.c., Rainbow toning implies multi-colored, & your coin falls short of that. Never the less, your coin is a beauty :happy:. New photos with better...
T.C., Your coin is a "one in a million" that I wouldn't hesitate to call FDC :happy:! If this coin goes to auction uncertified I will bid on it ;).
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