#4 Constantius II FH2 seated. Some like this have the barbarian not quite flat on his rear but struggling upward. Traditional scholars don't...
#5 is the hardest of the FH to find. There are some intermediate ones that may be 5 or 6 depending on who you ask but I prefer the barbarian to...
Bing posted a perfectly good #7 which is FH3 with the soldier's leg behind the horses rump. Bruck separated the version (#8) where the soldier...
#14 Constantius II - This is like Bings #15 except it is the larger AE2 size. [ATTACH]
#1 Honorius [ATTACH] If you follow up on the second section of Bruck you will see my coin shows the distinctive reins of Cyzicus. This is page...
I'm away from home now making it harder to find things to post but I like the idea here. Personally, I would prefer using charts from the second...
I've bought three books in the last week. I must spread the disease.
"Stuff" is CN LENT. I have neither type. That is a nice Geta.
Perhaps we need a beauty contest for 'Best face under 3mm high'.
When we choose to bid on a site, we choose to accept their rules. When we travel to a place, we agree to abide by their laws. There are places...
My newest coin may not even get the respect of being assigned a number in my collection. When I saw it, my heart stopped (not really) but a few...
The Agrippa notwithstanding, I see nothing I'd rather handle here than 400 Civil War tokens either in terms of value or interest (and I don't...
I once had a major dealer refund a sale because a favorite of theirs called the next day and wanted the coin they sold me the day before. When...
I greatly admire the concept for relating the grades and prices as originated by Dr. Sheldon but time and the market made his numbers obsolete....
He does not say a lot except in the forward. There are occasional interesting points like the theory that the reason Julian II bulls from Trier...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#bruck I have posted a short review of the new English version of Guido Bruck's book on Late...
While it is barbarous, the bulk of the drunken look is from it being double struck with a 1/8 rotation between strikes. The lettering is bold and...
That certainly raises the question of just how many of us recognize the difference between the mints and would like this coin because it is good...
Oddly, the only mark that bothers me is the one on Constantius' cheek but the one that removes half of the soldier's face is less noticeable. I...
I suggest you contradict yourself here. If we price, that means the coin would be worth the same with or without the marks. I suspected that I...
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