As many of you know I quite like the minutiae when it comes to ancients. The folowing coin epitomises this. This is not a significant find and I...
The OP is fascinating and an excellent example of a desirable type at the same time. I have never managed to get a reverse brockage within my...
I don't collect Postumus coins but have picked up a couple in the last few years whilst picking up other coins and have since parted company with...
Looking at examples on acsearch an aureus of Volusian typically weighs 3.7-3.9gms. Binios of Volusian range from about 5.4-5.9 gms.
Septimius Severus....
Hadrian runs it close..... maybe even better if you include the exe on the reverse of this one Obv:- IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC,...
I think it must be a case of the decimal point being in the wrong place. A classic example of the slab being worth more than the coin.
Whether the emperor is stabbing the horse of the soldier also seems to vary from mint to mint and engraver to engraver. Here are a few reaching...
How about a barbarous imitative of the same type as the OP? [IMG] I have a few of the same type as the OP (I am not sure why I have so many...)...
Not sure what else to say other than.... Wow, what a fantastic find.
@Ryro I believe that your Caracalla - SECVRITAS PERPETVA is from Rome and not an eastern output. Here is my example of the type from Laodicea...
This is the best but if news I have heard for a long time. You continue to be in our prayers.
Lol. @Tejas - I am not a serious numismatic researcher. I am an enthusiastic amateur collector who is passionate about a largely under-researched...
In my collecting areas I am always chasing after examples that I don't currently have in my collection. I will accept these in any condition, they...
Could it be unofficial?
Nice coin @Tejas I was helped by the distinctive unbroken obverse legend which made die matching easier. It looks like Obverse die D146,...
I must have missed that thread. Yes. It covers both.
In a recent post querying a coin of Pertinax I saw the action house citing Lempereur. I since found out that this reference is a recent...
My copy has arrived and I thought that I would give you my initial impressions. I don;t own an argenteus but am hoping to educate myself on them...
I wish I had more coins from the 5th Issue at Lugdunum. I have a few. Not many of them are very nice. Here is a selection illustrating a range of...
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