In addition to those two, CNG has sold coins attributed to Ephesos, Salamis and Tarsos. My coin strikes me as Tarsos (uneducated guess). Now...
Alexandrian? While shown before, my poor coin of the second type amazes me with the high relief of the ship hull. These were produced from...
Julian II but the OP coin is clearly Gallus. The IVN at right is only Gallus. Julian II Sirmium [ATTACH]
Mine is overstruck on something. What? [ATTACH] For those who like smaller coins, there is a tetartemorion. 5mm 0.16g. [ATTACH]
I agree. There are many considerations selecting which of these coins you want. Sure, we all want a coin with everything perfect but those are...
I know there are standard references that attribute these to Milan but I recall seeing this negated by die links to Rome mint coins with the...
There are many solid silver (of varying alloys) coins of the period. There is no reason to equate being unofficial with being plated or poorly...
A lot depends on where you learned English. The UK language and the US language have many differences (corn, lift, lorry, tram) and, within each,...
Blaming Mithridates for this requires a very Roman spin on the events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Vesper The family he killed,...
In many cases, I question those two letters and suspect that the A's reported were delta's with wear/damage/style problems. I see delta on...
Not true! Our 'party animal' family celebrated Father's Day a few days late by getting carry out from a favorite restaurant and playing board...
We really should note that some of his coins used the spelling 'Dalmatius'. There are a lot of coins out there for Delmatius but who has anything...
I have to wonder how many 'rare' ancient coins there are. There was a saying that there is nothing more common than a rare coin. Perhaps that is...
I don't see it as XF or 5/5 for surface but it is a nice coin worth the Forvm grade. Mine is a bit later after the weight reduction (2.7g, SG 373,...
My example retains many marks from pre striking flan adjustment and has quite different legend placement.. [ATTACH]
This is a question many of us face. My answer is to put both coins away to be given later to someone who would be impressed by the age of the...
I agree with the question but allow that there may be no answer. The figure could just be a soldier wanting the protection of the god. Virtus...
Electrum coins of the period retain a smoothness from the gold and silver that is lost in the high copper billon coins. All the polishing in the...
I could see reading the Carausius as IMP C CLA making it a Claudius. The Claudius II? (I am not sure I see enough to say) reminds me of my left...
You lost me on this one. There was no wife after Fausta. Can you find any suggestions that after Crispus was gone that the two younger brothers...
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