Yes, I would love that one. Below is a Constantius Gallus falling horseman overstruck on a Constantius II Soldier and two captives. The...
Perhaps you should emphasize one more. Galba was unusual in the preceeding 100 years by not arranging the early death of someone who he should...
People with excess rabbits get lots of practice. Ask those with boomerangs which seems to be the same concept in a different culture.
Excellent tale and coin. Usually Cerberus is so small on coins that he is hardly recognizable. My best is from A Phillip I tetradrachm of...
I see no medallions here and preferthe donative issue theory. Some large medallions of the period do not have SC. Are there as die size items...
What evidence do you have that that action house knows what they are doing? You present a good arguement for your reading of the coin.
SS = 26mm 10.24g Geta = 27mm 8.26g thin!
I don't think so. On some issues certain officina struck for one ruler and others for others so you could make an educated guess. RIC lists...
My feelings exactly. The coins posted here include several I consider full of eye appeal and several that I would not consider buying at any...
I agree. It could have been selectively cleaned but it lacks the scratches I would expect from that. It could have served as a pocket piece but...
It is an as. I believe it was made with extra care as something to be used in a formal donative possibly involving the emperor himself. Asses...
High eye appeal, low grade: I am slowly realizing that this description fits many of the coins I like the best. Long ago I chose the path of...
That is a very nice PN and shows something new to me. On Septimius coins we often see either COS I or COS I---I where the second I is on the far...
As I drove to the local coin show today I passed under an overhead road sign that read "May the Fourth be with you. Drive Safely." May 4th has...
History may not have changed in the 51 years since I was graduated from college (Greek an Latin double major) BUT the way history is studied most...
I do have the catalog. It is about as one might expect from many dealers but few of te coins were up to the standards of NFA sales. Many coins...
This is one of the series with P in the field. I am not comfortable explaining the purpose of the P. If it were a workshop, there should be some...
Usually the reverses when spelled out have Augusti in genitive. I would translate that as Peace of the Augustus and interpret it as a wish for...
All I have seen in hand from the Bavarian Collection were late Romans from the bulk lots bought by Victor Failmezger. The ones I got were his...
I am no expert and have studied this period very little but the question of barbarous that bothers me most is the large body of coins I am not...
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