That Lyons Constantine bust is just spectacular! I've seen you post it before, but every time I see it I'm still amazed!
I assume he was dead, or as good as! Maxentius seems to have initially hoped that Galerius (who was his father-in-law after all) might have OK'd...
There's actually an interesting seniority-based assignment of officinas in effect at Carthage for these issues (from Alpha highest seniority, to...
:joyful: Since we're getting into taxonomy of odd bid types, there's also my (really eBay-specific) "opening-spoiler bid" where I put in a...
Let's consider what the alternative outcomes are if you instead *live* bid 500 rather than pre-bid: 1) You win coin for <= 500 2) Coin sells for...
Agreed - I was just answering the question why someone might NOT win despite having a max greater than the winning bid. I always snipe at...
The only reason it should happen would be if the max bid wasn't a full bid increment above the hammer price.
Was that on eBay? Apparently there's a type of scam where someone puts in a high bid to deter other bidders, then withdraws it at the last minute...
I apologize (not) for the click-baity subject, although it's technically true! [ATTACH] What's different about this coin is that there appears...
It's certainly impressive work, but I think it's a matter of personal preference whether it makes the coin more collectible or not (especially...
It's interesting to note the difference in wear between obverse and reverse of the Constantine medallion. I'm guessing this may be due to having...
I rewatched the video and realized they did show the Constantine reverse for about a second, with a caption emblazoned all over it ... it took a...
Last hurrah for a nice traditional type. Annona Avg Rome 285 AD RIC V.2 156 [ATTACH]
Here's the Valentinian medallion (reverse grabbed from museum facebook video). [ATTACH] From the group shot the size looks similar to the...
There's some better pictures on the Vejle museum (where it will be dispayed next year) website here:...
Extremely splendid!
Yes, this may have been part of Diocletian's plan for the tetrarchy, but the tetrarchy barely survived Diocletian's retirement in 305 AD. By 307...
They're called post-reform radiates to differentiate them from the pre-reform ones, i.e. pre/post Diocletian's coinage reform of c.293AD when the...
Are you planning to unroll it ?
The best argued numbers for coin values following Diocletian's edict on maximum prices are: nummus - 25 DC post-reform radiate - 4 DC post-reform...
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