Now that what I though was a pair of dolphins turns out to be an anchor, it makes more sense. Forvm is always the place to go for serious...
Beautiful picture! Does it show the saturation of the green accurately or is the coin more/less intense in color? The killer for most...
I do not recognize the type but the style screams 3rd century BC Sicily at me. I am not finding a fraction smaller than the hemilitron and the...
While we are waiting for the pictures, I'll post an example of RIC 375 which is the issue immediately preceeding the one YOC found. It is rated...
Each volume of RIC uses different standards for assigning R values. For RIC VII, see page xix. All refer to the number of museums on their list...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Three French Hens? Cales, Campania 265-240 BC - not French and not a girl but Three Italian Roosters just doesn't fit...
The obvious one is the Legionary denarius series. The vast majority of the moneyers do not use the term making me wonder what was different about...
Valetudo means state of health or about the same thing as salus except that, I believe, you could add a negative adjective and use the word for...
A question remains when a ruler of great power abdicates on his own volition whether the new ruler has power over him. Diocletian was no problem...
The crack appears as a hangnail just below the bust but certainly the coin needs to be examined closely for edge 'problems'.
That argument might work for pottery but a pot full of silver coins or a gold funeral mask would be and has been the target of looters whose only...
My Laodicea Laetitia is 3.3g but porosity is a major diet drug for coins. [ATTACH] My personal collection for this mint tops out at 3.5g but I...
...and this example is not low grade for these, either. You can get them with two decent sides but the crab is hard without giving up the eagle....
Easily the best I have seen! I suppose some would rather have one with a rough surface and no double striking but this is smooth and broad....
This is not a stupid question that one can ask just everyday: Fahrenheit or Centigrade? ;)
Someone will correct me but I believe we first see DN on the abdication issues and next on the sons of Constantine and Licinius during the...
It seems to me that we have had quite a few Diocletian threads lately and I have posted all my new coins to them. Here I will show my old...
I'm betting they are both right. From what can be seen, there is no reason to believe there will be something different inside. There is less...
My favorite eagles are from Agragas and a hungry bunch they are. I wish I could show you the dekadrachm from my collection but I'm few million...
I agree this is AETERNITAS but there are other options for a DIVA coin. compare the two below. The angle of the staff on the Aeternitas denarius...
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