How about this... ITALY, Milan. Barnabo Visconti, 1354-1385 AD. AR Pegione (2.47 gm). Closed Helmet crested with a dragon swollowing a maidan /...
Bruck records this as one of the Siscian varieties, although the top tier of the OP coin is slightly different. Second row, second figure......
As mistakes go, it was cheap one, but perhaps my opinion of the coin will change. If I had been looking at a larger expenditure, the missing...
That is an excellent coin, Mike. I would be happy to have it in my collection. My most recent sestertius is always my favorite. For the time...
Here's another pick-up from the show, Valentinian II. I'm somewhat annoyed that I liked this coin yesterday, and now that I've taken a picture of...
Steve, I love seeing this coin every time you post it. It may be the pic, but it seems to have some very fine porosity. Still, I can't imagine it...
Steve, you have a standing invitation to come visit any time you like. Just let me know first so I can tell the neighbors to lock up their daughters.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Get off your lazy ass and buy some coins, man!
Very interesting. I'm very new to these coins. I wasn't aware there were variations in the clothing types.
Yeah, it doesn't look like any bronze I've seen. Probably some reaction to cleaning compounds.
Constantius Chlorus was Flavius Valerius Constantius. Your obverse legend, and mine, read FL IVL CONSTANTIVS, or Flavius Julius Constantius, who...
It's a nice coin, but not scarce. Also it's not Constantine II, but Constantius II. Gotta read those legends carefully. Here's mine, from Heraclea...
Ardatirion and I went to the Red Rose coin show today, and I really didn't expect to find any ancients, but one dealer did have a small selection....
As a point of curiosity, I wonder what the "other" coins refer to in 106 - Anonymous. Are they the anonymous quadrantes? Roman Empire,...
Everyone's answer will be relative to their budget. I've bought problem coins if I could get them for cheap, which for me means $20 or less....
It's a great coin with abundant detail, Gil. A tough issue - for me the important features are the hand of God on the obverse and a complete...
I'd love to live anywhere that I could metal detect something other than bottle caps and nails.
Here is a handful of the minute bronzes of Aretas IV, which I haven't posted before. These are of the bust/cornucopiae type. Various permutations...
Nice work, Chris. I certainly hope that arrests the problem once and for all.
Great coin, Bing - very sharp!
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