My guess is that the pouring of the right amount of metal into the open face indentions in flan mold was hard to control. If you poured too much...
For Steve: No the next coin show is in two weeks. This is a single and was bought solely for the flan. I could not afford a Rhino.
The reverse figure is Nike facing left so I wen to acsearch and typed in zeus nike left ae which produced many wrong coins and this one:...
...turns out to be a big one compared to its peers. At 2.06g and 14mm this dichalkon of Trajan has a wide spread flan with a lot of evidence on...
A point of caution: There are modern fakes of barbarous coins. After all, when freed from the need to copy an original accurately, fakers can...
I agree and point out that recently the market prices for barbarous coins seems to be keeping pace with the official. For both, it is a matter of...
While there are quite a few variations of style from the 15 regular mints that produced this type, I believe this one is unofficial or barbarous....
I was referring to the lack of SC on most issues. Who has one with it to show?
Constantine I as Caesar by Maxentius from Rome[ATTACH] Crispus Roma/Eros mintmark [ATTACH] Constantine II Rome Claritas [ATTACH] Constans...
How many different wives are mentioned on his coins?
My definition of a Provincial coin is one that has either a primary language other than Latin, the name of the issuing city/people on the reverse...
Mine are junkers and have been shown here before. Really nice bronzes are really hard to find and out off my price range. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I suggest limiting post to one coin so there will be less chance for confusion.
My newP was from eBay so I just looked at all of the Postumus ants offered there now. The current bids range from $7.50 to $1377 (I'm sure many...
If you study Russian history, you know that Peter was very interested in bringing old Russia into the modern age. This is shown well with his...
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=673391 It beats the one above which that seller credits with being among the finest. The flan size is...
$8.55 is too cheap for a decent Postumus but that is the point. My new coin is porous and not a great coin. I bought it because I lacked the...
Gordian III was followed by Philip I and II whose coins maintain similar grade silver. After that the quality goes down pretty steadily until...
Before I went to the coin show I won a Postumus billon antonianus on eBay for $8.55 postpaid. I consider that a fair price and suggest you get...
Seriously, when the obverse legend reads CONSTANTINVS AVG how do you even suspect Licinius? The legend reads (in genitive) DN CONSTANTINI MAX...
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