Educate me: What makes this Saloninus rather than Valerian II? http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac68sal.html
Some 'spelling' errors are not really spelling or errors but just the local language getting in the way. We regularly see letter R which is not...
Theodosius I AE2 at Alexandria shows GLORAI ROMANORVM for GLORIA. [ATTACH]
I know Martin has this one, too, so I'll jump in now to show the extra RE in Septimius Severus / FORTVNAE REREDVC 'Emesa' denarius. [ATTACH]
As a seller, you have two choices. Set a high price and fail to sell some until you lower the price or start low and hope to generate enough bids...
My first thought was the oil lamp Mike proposed but I am perfectly comfortable with the big bong theory. You will feel very strange when you...
Nice one. All mine have the D. I believe this one is barbarous. [ATTACH]
Beat us both with that fat bird. Excellent!
Why not use acid free paper? All chains seem to sell it anymore in 24 to 65 lbs.
I would start looking for matches from Thessalonika under Tiberius. I have nothing similar to show but fans of the Provincials of the 12 Caesars...
A question I find consistently intriguing is the relationship between official and unofficial or barbarous coins. This comes up in just about...
The E is visible on the OP coin so now you are down to cities that marked the denomination that way.
If I were going to use a monogram of a name not usually shown in that form, I would make some effort to make it different from the standard...
Hearclea did good work at that period and seems to have applied silver more efficiently judging from the number of silvered coins we see. ro's is...
For those who like a side of 'why' with their information: For much of the later Roman period, coins showed extra honor to the ruler by splitting...
Vonones spent his youth in Rome as a royal hostage for the good behavior of his father Phraates IV so was unskilled in Parthian ways and was...
That seems a bit low for a VG and the majority of Antinoos offered 'online' are fakes so losing may be winning. His coins should be bought from...
The mintmark is clearly CON (Constantinople). Vertically at reverse left is ANNO but I can't make out the year date at right.
These are hard to find well centered, well struck and with pleasing surfaces. Two out of three is not bad. Mine are worse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
My favorite is the GLORIA ROMANORVM three ruler type with Arcadius and Honorius full size and the young Theodosius II smaller. This one is from...
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