In references for ancient coins, diameter is measured from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock on the obverse.
Bronze follis of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius, Constantinople mint, 5th workshop.
I have a copy of McAlee "The Coinage of Roman Antioch", but its packed away at the moment. I'll look these up for you when I dig it out.
More likely, it makes him a cashier.
PFCBEGA - It depends on your job description. Are you a cataloger? Buyer? Salesman? If you work as a photographer for a coin dealer, then you...
Is your job description to look for rare coins and notes? No? Then there's nothing wrong with it, as far as I see. Of course, you should clear...
Given the crudeness, its more likely to be an unofficial mark of sorts. A form of grafitti, probably. "Hmm. I have these tools. Lemme bang them on...
You dirty so and so, take it back! lol. The two museums have completely different goals, I can't choose which I like better. So long as its not...
I'm a little jealous of your Divi collection. :smile
True, I don't care for PCGS. But I peruse their boards periodically. Their "Dark Side" board isn't the best, but its not the worst. Take it for...
Oh darn, they got me again. Zombie thread! Its back from the graaaaaaave! :eek:
But not very widely and not for very long. The point I'm getting at is that, if we're going to exclude the US-Philippine issues, we have to first...
Me too! Which is precisely the point I'm getting at. Philippine issues, on the other hand, did bear the proper legends and were minted in the...
I'm fairly sure there are as many, if not more, Chinese specialists here. That piece is certainly a charm, not a circulating coin. It is most...
Let's look at it from a slightly different perspective. What are the requirements of a US coin? These are a few I came up with: - it must be...
An antoninianus of Philip I, AEQVITAS reverse. RIC 27, very common. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8918.html#RIC_0027b
Thank you, tenacious. I tend to avoid the coinage of Alexander - because of its vastness, I find it to be somewhat pedestrian and repetitive. I...
More likely it was struck on a small flan. That is common for this issue.
Thank you! An interesting piece. AND a properly cited description. Kudos to Stacks.
Try Constantine I, a posthumous commemorative. The veiled bust often appears to be female.
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