RIC states that the coins of Faustina II can't be dated "with any precision". It is assumed that coins with AVGVSTI PII FIL were issued under...
I just won this coin from eBay. It is a scarcer type for Maxentius and was issued for his quinquennalia (5 year anniversary). This coin was sold...
I recently posted my three examples of AVGG from London type-- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-pirate-in-britain.407093/#post-24674646
Yes, it is RIC III Rome 76, but apparently an unlisted bust type-- laureate and draped. RIC lists (a) bare head (b) draped, head bare (c) laureate...
He's just got an opinion from Barry Murphy, who is an expert in numismatics and also works at NGC.
Yes, it is a series of books-- Coin Hoards from Roman Britain. There are pictures of some coins, but none of 1779-1789.
Yes, 1799 is the same as your coin. There were actually 11 examples 1779-1789.
The only Durrington hoard I know of was found in 1993. It was a Constantinian hoard of 3960 coins. CHRB X has a lot of info on it, but mentions no...
[ATTACH] Magnentius A.D. 350-3 25x27mm 8.7g D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; large...
those aren't snakes though...it's part of the garland
I've posted this before, but here's one of my favorite mashups -- an unofficial FEL TEMP overstruck on a posthumous issue of Constantine I, both...
This coin is horrible looking and I love it. It is a Constans FEL TEMP galley overstruck with a [unofficial] Julian II SECVRITAS REIPVB bull...
I think it is Valentinian III-- D N VALEN AVG. No mintmark is RIC X Rome 2145, rated as common.
there are lots of Greek coins with small monograms in the fields. Some from acsearch-- here's TE in the left field of the reverse [ATTACH]...
I forgot to add that there is a new book on this topic. [ATTACH]
I just recently won a nice Carausius coin. Diocletian put Carausius in charge of clearing out the Frank and Saxon pirates pillaging the English...
It's Helena with a PAX PVBLICA reverse from Trier
Here's an example that I have with sideways S I sideways S; which is not a bad representation of SIS for Siscia [ATTACH]
Besides copying a Trajan coin, I find this coin interesting because of the use of Prince in the reverse legend. Constantine seemed to like being...
[ATTACH] Constantine I circa A.D. 330 20mm 3.1g CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG; Rosette-diademed head right, with slight drapery on left shoulder. S P...
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