Define 'practically'. I don't collect Chinese spades but have seen many broken worse than this. It would seem the usual protections would make...
Now that this thread has left the original litra, I'll ask if any of our high end collectors have any of the common Syracuse tetradrachms like my...
OK, admitting they don't have to be Greek, can we also show some that are not Roman either? I believe this is Carthaginian overstruck on an...
I share the appreciation of Sicilian coins and Akragas is my favorite town but I'll show a few that are different. Katane, AR litra, (also...
From Wikipedia: The unreliable Historia Augusta reports Claudius and Quintillus having another brother named Crispus and through him a niece,...
Several famous Romans rode in to join Serapis in saluting TIF: Septimius Severus [ATTACH] Gordian III [ATTACH] Philip I and II [ATTACH]...
I have seen many Republican copies and coins from the Antonine and Severan periods. I have missed seeing copies of the early empire through...
If we now are offending someone using 'ethnic' in this way, must we switch to demonym? Sadly this word also refers to the people rather than the...
Denerii had stopped long before Helena but there are coins of hers we call AE3 or follis (plural: folles). [ATTACH]
Constantine, who issued the coins, claimed the three as family. Lacking DNA tests, we have to take his word for it.
If you MD a LEG IIII, buy a bunch of lottery tickets while you are still on your lucky streak.
From Wikipedia: In the sphere of civil affairs, Carus is remembered principally for the final suppression of the authority of the senate, which...
I believe Roman Collector explained it correctly back in post #2.
I consider this a good question but since I do not collect modern coins, I have no idea. I strongly suspect that the answer to the question if...
I really regret not having a match for your Alexandria mint Julian II. I love the style. I'll make up for that showing two of the Probus. One...
So interesting, in fact, that my specimen of that coin made my favorites list. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f08.html [IMG]
To the right of Aequitas is probably a workshop number VI (?). I'll let you research the question of whether you want to disagree with TIF on...
I really like this Janus error. As I see it, the problem is that the cutter of the temple and the cutter of the legends disagreed on which end of...
Δ would indicate a four piece but I believe this coin is a Δ< ligate mark for the 4 1/2 coin Tomis issued at this period. The theory I have heard...
MOSTT mintmarks are from Ostia mint: Moneta OSTia Tertia
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