This is always a problem. It would be nice to know how much of any work is based on original research/experience and how much is repeating of...
We can find oval coins in many times and places if we look at enough coins. Maximinus II - Rome [ATTACH] Mark Antony [ATTACH] Septimius Severus...
Maximinus II FIL AVGG AE follis Thessalonika [ATTACH] Next: A coin over 900 years older than this one
We can not discuss this with any validity unless and until some publication of what was there is made. If all the coins were from one mint and...
I see no reason to doubt your ID. It is correct for the two symbols to be related in some way so a hand lamp and a table model makes sense.
The existence of the coin with one of those marks and one star makes me wonder if the person doing the marking got confused as to which mark had...
Another with two dots 0.22g [ATTACH]
I like the flan bending strike. Mine is rather normal in comparison. Weights on my coins span many years and three different scales. I really...
All three look like Diocletian to me.
Constantine II AE3 London mint BEAT TRA***NQLITAS [ATTACH] Next: another left facing son of Constantine I
This is a perfect example of why I don't like to clean coins. I probably would have ruined a very nice coin.
This has been covered in several threads including one six months ago so those interested can see more there if they wish....
too late
This one shows the way the arm is placed inside the shield. [ATTACH]
The obverse is not clear to me but the reverse legend is clearly not Marcianopolis. Rotating the reverse 90 degrees to the left will help. This...
Philip I AR antoninianus FELICITAS TEMP This has better surfaces so is worth a lot more than the OP but the ID conveys....
It is not Italian either. This thread attracts a lot of posts that are likely to invoke the 12 hour rule but this one was only six hours when a...
A couple tips: Valerianus was a common name in the later period but only one emperor is known by that name. In Greek, names did not start with a...
When I first saw it, I thought it must be fake but not a recent one. I simply do not like the face. I have been looking for just the right...
Reversing the lens loses the electrical connections of the camera that controls aperture. I suggest accessory extension tubes which have the...
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