I wonder if the OP coin was struck for presentation, perhaps to some minor dignitary or such? The flan is highly unusual and suggests a special...
You guys actually get email notifications? Why? That's like hundreds of pointless emails...
My best cherry picks come from misattributed lots. I wish the auction houses would do this more often!
Nobody remembers who this guy was. He was nobody.
Great coin with great style! It's one of those reverse types you want in a better grade for all the detail, and you've got it.
You don't really have to know anything about ancients to spot an obvious cast. There are bubbles on the surfaces, a seam around the edge, and all...
...maybe you shouldn't go out of your way to take pics of the edge that CLEARLY show a seam, lol....
The Serdica mint issued a variety of large bronzes for Caracalla that have an almost medallic quality to them. They are quite large (this one at...
Well, you're comparing two different types, but no, it doesn't seem that the right-field cross is listed. Your PIETAS coin would be RIC VIII 43...
It's Constantius II, Spes reverse. Not as common as other LRB's, but not really scarce. Except finding one in a nice grade is a challenge - it was...
It would appear that the gods neither despised nor favored Hostilian - they were completely indifferent. He was the second son of Trajan Decius...
Ask and ye shall receive.
...and he'll sit in his boat all day and drink beer. :)
The style is clearly barbarous in my opinion. Some collectors don't care for that term, though.
Which makes me wonder how stable it is. Would it stay together if you moved it around, or crumble in your hands?
The second is imitative, or unofficial, and a very nice example of such.
I didn't create it, but I'm sure it WOULD sell on eBay. This would be a job for one of my sons, who's a bit of a mad scientist at heart. His...
Great coin! I have a lot of fondness for architectural types. Excellent detail on the altar.
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Hey thanks @wiggam007 ! That's the problem with facebook posts - nobody bothers crediting the source. Well, I'm guilty of that as well - I just...
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