Wow, what a marvelous set, really impressive. :wideyed: I don't have to tell you that collecting aes grave/formatum/rude is a waiting game. Even...
A number of important reforms and changes to the coinage occurred during Diocletian's tenure. Alexandria transitioned from a provincial to an...
You heard me. Here's one for the annals of oddballs. This one took some sleuthing, but I finally unlocked it. The moneyer C. Cassius Celer made...
Yes, a very crude Spanish imitation of an RR semis. If you ask @Jwt708 nicely, he might show you his artsy one.
Nice OP coin! Viminacium is definitely a place to visit if you're checking off some of the scarcer emperors like Hostilian and Aemilian.
I sometimes photograph coins at an angle to demonstrate the surfaces, particularly if the coin has a glossy patina. In fact, I prefer that sort of...
I'm thinking applied, and it looks too modern - it stands out like a sore thumb.
Both of those coins have the soft, mushy features of casts. If you see lots of detail, but it all looks out of focus, that's a pretty good...
Those look great, TIF, really super. I'm going to look into scribblemaps for my Nabataean site.
Looks good! A word to the wise: EVERYBODY should check their bronze once a month, especially those that live in humid locations. Early detection...
It's from the 1st reign. Coins of the 2nd reign have wings on the crown as such... [ATTACH]
Oh, uhhh...ok. Steve, Bing, you gotta give me those wives back.
Our English word posthumous actually derives from the Latin postumus, meaning late-born. We don't know anything of the emperor Postumus' early...
Phenomenal style, great find!
When it rains it pours, here are three more... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin, I love the Roman Air Force, lol. So the bio says old Hans was a "flamboyant ladies man," and a professional numismatist. Looks like...
Great coins both! When it comes to vexilla, at the moment I have one of Diocletian, also year 4... [ATTACH] And this crusty but well-detailed...
Woah, nice find JW!
I think the sand is ancient - I've looked at bag-fulls of common coins from the Levant that all have similar dirt deposits. Nice find though! One...
Hey thanks for the shout-outs, guys. There must have been a recent hoard discovery of the Tabaristan hemidrachms, as I've seen quite a few...
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