That's an exceptionally nice coin, Steve, might I add - for a Byzantine. I haven't collected any Byzantine yet - not that I mind rough coins, but...
It's Constantius II - Gallus was never portrayed with a diadem since he was never Augustus, just Caesar. This is a common falling horseman type...
And here's the tessera, a surprisingly nice coin on a thick flan - the thickest lead coin that I own now... [ATTACH]
Here's my own pic of the OP coin, which arrived yesterday. Very small coin at 11mm. This must have been the smallest Nabataean denomination......
Securitas arrived yesterday. I just love my crappy little rarities. You know, if I won the lottery today, you can bet I'd post some AJ-league...
It's not an easy site to navigate, but here's a direct link to your thread... https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=99224.0
Well, you got a thumbs-up from Curtis Clay. It doesn't get much more authoritative than that. Curtis Clay
Tough call on this one. I'm going to go with real, but stripped of patina. There's nothing in the style that's overtly un-Roman. The fabric is...
JB, do you have this coin in hand? Can you check the edges for any trace of a seam?
These were issued under Augustus and magistrate(?) Silanus. Looking at similar coins, the legend on the reverse appears to be EΠI ΣIΛANOY...
I'll have to keep my eyes open for these interesting legend variants and mangled spellings. All I have to offer is this boring COS II version with...
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