I'm glad you liked it DR! And also happy that it got the DR graphic design treatment :).
My collection is about 98% ancients but that's a great-looking coin. Also, I missed this thread the first time around, and it was thoroughly...
My SS definitely went 3 for 3!
I was waiting to get back from out of town so I could post with pictures, and I now have pictures (though they don't do the gifts justice). When...
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Curses--I hate being wrong.
If you scroll down to Type IV B. in this link you can see that sometimes these were made with a lion's head in the incuse punch:...
Mine went about as far as you can go and stay domestic, but was domestic nonetheless so I think it should be there in a few days.
I don't think students always appreciate that their teachers are reading hundreds of pages of student writing at the end there.
Mine went out late--the wife dropped it off at the post office yesterday. Apologies to the recipient--end-of-semester is rough, especially when...
The trick to eating donuts is to commit. Decide in advance that you're going to eat three of them, accept in advance that your stomach will hurt,...
Three cheers for academics! Seriously--without them our world would be a much smaller place.
Funny you say that--I wondered if you might be interested when I posted this.
That's got to be it. The pawn shop owner just happens to be well-versed in the history of every item brought in? David Vagi just happens to be...
I don't think it was our friend Buyblahblah this time: [MEDIA]
10, 4 and 5 are my favorites. Regarding 4 and 5: Good story makes for good coins!
And if that is an S, the two letters that follow look a lot more like PF than IV. I'd bet a dollar that's Constantius II.
At least, that's what it looks like to me, and if that's an S I see at 2 o'clock on the obverse, you can eliminate Vetraino.
Looks like you've got Vetraino, Constantius II, or Constantius Gallus on your hands: https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/050/050i.htm
I'm no expert on Philip 1/12 staters, but if your search (and the cursory one I just did) only turned up gold, I would assume the listed coin is a...
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