When I saw the title to this thread I expected something a bit different. Under Henry VIII there are coins bearing the initials of the Archbishop...
This one is from Antioch with ANT at the bottom of the reverse. Yours is different. The site I linked above will help if you read the top parts...
You are correct. You can see the bottom half of DN ARCA at the left of the obverse which separates this emperor from Honorius who also issued the...
I have heard this theory and believe it is a reasonable guess at the very least. Sasanian silver coins are often thin enough that breakage is a...
Good: The date reverse left and mint reverse right are clear. The coin is well struck and attractively toned. Bad: The edges of the coin have...
I know nothing about these except that there are RR issues that have numbers or marks that work this way: Does this issue show more than one die...
This will be a problem since many coins of cities are sold by people who have no idea which city is which. The most common problem is Antioch but...
Usually when this is the question, the answer is both or neither. Find one you like and delete both. I had the same problem but had no question...
By those standards, I might accept Augustus, Claudius, Galba, Vespasian and Titus. Welcome to the Five Caesars. Can't tolerate Galba? Four?...
The coin did not circulate for 800 year but probably was found after being lost for 800 years and used as a blank because it was the right...
Not all that long ago that statue was posted quite often during the discussions over Beast's coin:...
Having a sense of humor is not the same thing as being a luntic. Both cause laughter but what we used to call 'funny, ha ha' is not the same as...
You are certainly correct. I am embarassed. I should know better than to comment on modern coins about which I know nothing.
My pair show how different the same coin can be. The second is a classic example of the Stannard scoop for reducing the flan weight but has much...
These coins are quite common and show a lot of variety in minor details which led me to my same/different page posted long ago....
In addition to his replica ancients and circulating coins, Cellini did original medallions that are listed in Lawrence:...
Of the emperors, who other than Vespasian had a sense of humor? ‘Vae, puto deus fio’
This does explain why we lack curved letter coins with many rays and square letter ones with few rays. I would like to see more coins with 7-9 rays.
I found it interesting that the work offer by Spinks listed 886 catalogs from a period of 101 years as significant. I know that most of my coins...
I see no value whatsoever in applying 2018 values to assessments of ancient rulers. It is very popular today with American heros of previous...
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