Thanks for the write-up & added examples :D.
Doug, You may have answered your own question :). Whoever the claimant controlling the area of the mint location at that specific time most likely...
Terence, That's a fine looking nummus of Constantine the Great, in virtual mint state, with the rarely seen title Filius Augustorum (Son of the...
jamesicus, Today I had a chance to browse through your website & thoroughly enjoyed your section on Romano-British coinage. It's a valuable...
Curtisimo, I just finished reading your Featured article that was originally posted long before I joined CT & was impressed with your research &...
On a personal level I don't care what word a collector uses to describe the large bronze coins of the tetrarchy, follis or nummus, since I often...
Just because a large group of people are misusing a word, follis, doesn't make it right. Are you a better authority than Wikipedia o_O?
I did a Google search for the word Follis, & Wikipedia give a plausible explanation of the origin of the word & its misuse still going on today....
This is an early thread I created for Coin Talk & glad to see there are still more posts being added-on :D. The answer to Gallienus' question "why...
Q, This is a great example of a later issue when they started to reduce the weight of these coins ;). I think the earlier issues were around 4.00 gm.
My jaw dropped when I saw this one :jawdrop:! It's obviously an early strike from fresh dies, a true FDC. These Tetrarchs weren't portrayed as...
John, That Ecu d' Or is a jewel :jawdrop:! French & English Gothic gold coins are some of the most beautiful coins ever made. There is nothing...
I love this coin type :D. I recently stumbled on another example of this coin type being offered by Roma Numismatics in their current auction;...
You bring up some good points :). Looking at a quality photograph of a coin on a large monitor accentuates the flaws & reveals what you may have...
That's the kind of Zeno solidus I'm looking for :). Nice score John ;).
Sorry John, I can't warm-up to a coin like this :(, but I can appreciate its historical importance. Knowing how extensive your gold coin...
I did two fingers of Elijah Craig Bourbon after getting locked out twice :mad:. [ATTACH]
Sallent, Aside from a couple of light scratches your Zeno solidus is a nice looking coin ;). I have yet to get a regular issue of Zeno to go with...
John, Looks like you made another great score ;)! You're right about solidi from Maurice Tiberius being the most plentiful of all Byzantine gold,...
Doug, I would say John's recent Zeno solidus along with the top example I posted are the finest style you'll see in barbarous coinage of that...
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