Dupondius 13.6g - see the yellow wear through on the head [ATTACH] As 12.7g - red copper (but water find patina?) [ATTACH] As 10.3g - red copper...
I'd call it an as. I have a 12g as of a different type. To make things worse there are branch mint asses struck from yellow orichalcum which...
CSII was born 317 AD; First coins at age 7 in 324; died 361 at age 54 so there is quite a range but the art style of that day was not terrible...
The siliqua is Julian II (FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG). I see no reverse image on that, the Caracalla and the barbarous bronze so there is no help on...
1988 Sear is good for the price which tends to be low because it is so old and many were printed. The current multivolume Sear's are better but...
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...and even when you do find coins that are from the same dies, they can be quite different in terms of how they were struck and conserved. It is...
I find it interesting that she has so many variations in portrait over such a small span of time. While there are 'younger' busts, remember that...
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Mt. Argaeus, Caesarea, Cappodocia Commodus [ATTACH] Septimius Severus two from year 2 (194 AD) one from year 16 (208 AD)...
My limited experience has been that $2 coins don't provide any percentage that look like the OP but tend to be rougher. Finders and wholesalers...
It is very much a matter of you get what you pay for. All three coins are appropriately priced for what you get. The $18 coin has damage in the...
Advice: Don't seek out coins that relate to history you know but instead learn the history of coins you buy. Things you already know cost a lot...
I believe this coin is what we should call British Museum Bathed. It is Bridgnorth hoard which was conserved (and picked over) by the BM before...
Today I got (won, bought or received) four new (to me) Falling Horsemen coins of Constantius II. They were $5, $10, $16 and $132. One is an R2...
I think the problem with this plan is deciding what makes a different country and when does a change make a region enough different that it needs...
I collect just about anything before 1400. That makes my US collection real small. I do have some US from when I did collect US but I switched...
Whatever is in the lot,I would love to see a group shot just to see what gets sold as a bulk lot. I recall once seeing 100 Constantine I coins as...
Constantius II or Gallus are known. Magnentius or Constans would be discoveries.
TR is the city. The P or S separates the primus or secundus workshops within that one city mint. Either would do for my purposes. Each mint had...
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