It's a small bronze coin from the Constantinian era; a city commemorative. They are abundant. Here's an example from Vcoins, one of over a...
Looks like a fourree though (contemporary counterfeit; ancient) which has lost almost all of its silver cladding. You can see some remnant of the...
Cheers to another successful orbit around the sun, VK! That'a mighty nice Trajan. Here are a couple of mine-- one beautiful, one ugly but still...
Great choice, Mikey! The pictures of the coin in the mini-easels are really nice :) I have a modest example of the type. Whenever I see it I...
Absolutely!!
Speaking for myself and for others who may have poured a decade or more into higher education in order to have careers in which they serve...
Very nice, Randy! I wouldn't mind having that one :D I have only one Alexandrian Galba: [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba year 2, CE 68/9...
Hmm, I don't know but that's a good question. Aurochs were extant until the 17th century and were native to the Roman empire region and beyond,...
Wow, Nick-- that's a marvelous MFB! Congrats :)
Ah-- that bas relief brick looks familiar. Maybe we discussed your avatar before but if so I don't remember. I see now that your avi is also...
The blob looks like someone filled in a banker's mark or punch hole and it is has since separated around the edges.
Crawford calls it a lion, and CNG's catalogers do the same. From Crawford, who has a footnote specifying that it is not a hound: Victory in biga...
[IMG] I feel compelled to read almost any novel that revolves around ancient coins. This one was most notable for its cover. It was downhill...
I'm late to this great thread! @dougsmit: of course I love your Egyptian Commodus/lion (and @Valentinian's Marcus Aurelius). The exergual lion...
Wow, Deacon Ray, your new Trajan is fantastic! As usual, your composite image is also lovely. [IMG] PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus CE...
How did I overlook that? (or did I know and forget) :oops: I'll add that to its references right now :) Here's the coin-- I'll take any...
At CICF 2016 I picked up this nice drachm of Philip III and I wear it several times a week. It's a beautiful coin and it was already in the 14k...
Is this one going in your eBay store too? Have you had any offers on the 12 Caesars denarii set you put together and showed us last summer?
Bing, I think the "corn rows" are just flan adjustment marks. To me it looks like a Roman provincial coin, male/emperor obverse. @coch, what...
From communications with him in October 2014: "I am working on a real variety catalogue for the Elagabalus to Domitius Domitianus section--...
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