If the reverse does in fact read COS III, it can't be Diadumenian. He served only one year as Caesar under his father Macrinus, AD 217-218, and...
Looks like sacrificial implements reverse, COS III. That's not enough for me to make a positive ID, but it's a clue.
This is one of the finest examples of this tiny coin I've seen... Arcadius, 395-408 AE4, 13mm, 1.1g, 6h; Heraclea mint: 378-383 Obv.: DN...
My nicest FH comes from Heraclea... Constantius II, 317-361 AD AE3, 17mm, 2.33g, 12h; Heraclea mint, 348-351. Obv.: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG,...
I have too many Heraclea mint coins to post, but this is my most recent... Licinius II Ae Follis, 19mm, 3.5g, 12h; Heraclea mint: AD 317. Obv.:...
I have only one ant of Postumus. It appealed to me because of the portrait - the obverse got hammered hard, and they don't get much crisper than...
I've foresworn saying "I don't collect these." What's the point when you've got a box full of coins you "don't collect?" If a piece engages my...
I think ORIENS AVG suggests the metaphor of the emperor as the rising sun, and everything that implies. It does not refer specifically to the...
Great coins J.A.K.!
And prior to that I attended the first Gettysburg show, and it looks like they're planning to run it again this year, which is very good news to...
A week prior to the Red Rose show, I went to one of the largest, Baltimore - 1500 tables. I came away with three coins. A large Ptolemaic bronze,...
There is something about shows that makes me buy a few higher-grade, rarer coins, rather than a bunch of less expensive items. I don't know why...
Chromerunner: I can commiserate. I once had a buyer complain that a coin was too small. Some ancient coins can be extremely small - smaller than...
Licinius I AE Follis, 21mm, 3.18g Siscia mint: 315-316. Obv.:IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG; Laureate head right. Reverse.: IOVI CON-SERVATORI; Jupiter...
Galerius, 305-311 Æ Follis; 27mm, 9.7g, 12h; Siscia mint, AD 295. Obv.: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; Laureate bust right. Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI;...
Sooooo....let's see some near mint-state coins. :) Septimius Severus, 193-211 AR denarius; Emesa mint: 194-195 Obv.: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG...
In addition to what Mat said, gold is also a highly non-reactive metal. It does not tarnish or corrode the way silver and copper do.
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As for cartoonish, well...MA couldn't help it that he was a bit goofy looking. You don't get to pick your genes.
The beehive/onion thing is indeed a mystery, but obelisk-shaped pillars are not baetyls. Baetyls were an expression of the prohibition against...
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