0.5g 1/12th? [ATTACH] Next: Siglos or fractional of Achamenid (Carradice) Type I or II
That does seem like a good time to reduce weights of the bronzes especially if they were being given out as a dole.
I know you like to do the work yourself rather than having it handed to you. Count figures on each side (one or two). Next sort halos around the...
While not rare, the Akragas Herakles head countermark was applied to worn coins of the eagle, hare / crab, shrimp type. The question is whether...
I have one BA from my 16,253 messages. I know I am shallow but..... Of my post/answers, that one is one of the most flippant I have posted. Its...
I would be thrilled to run across a coin like that Phillip even without the CS situation. The Caracalla would not tempt me. I do not have to...
There is a lot going on when hammer hits the die. Sometimes these things happen even to Gordian III which has a crack to reckon with. Most...
I would find this cross argument more likely if it were not for the tooling seen on coins that show it clearly.
Actually that is the legend split normal for the early coins of Domna. I have seen two coins that showed IVLIADOM - NAAVG and would really like...
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=124799 Viminacium PMSCOLVIM
Γ OVA OCTIΛ MЄ KVINTOC KЄCAP, as I see it - What I find odd is the name spelled out was Quintus. This legend does not match some of the coins...
Those of us who collect for more than a short while frequently identify a specialty (or ten) and see nothing wrong with multiples that differ from...
In addition to antoniniani and aurei, Hercules is available in bronze asses. By the time of Gordian III, the as was much less prominent than in...
Valentinian has posted several times on the subject of coins with reverses unique to one ruler. I wonder how many of the rulers that issued coins...
Psalms 90:10 gives 70-80 years if healthy. Our current averages are deceptive because we include in that number those who die early. Many of us...
One correct and correctly placed Most of these have been shown on CT previously so we may need 'no peeking' a rule. I considered three of these...
There is a large die cud left of the turtle. I often wonder how bad a die failure had to get before they retired it. I assume they needed to...
If anyone wants to kill time, the image below shows six Alexandrian tetradrachm reverses that are a bit easier so I am not following the same left...
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