I was motivated to photograph some more examples for my page, now up to #150. this is another example overstruck on an IOVI. You can just make...
The IOVI coinage of Licinius had less silver than the VLPP's; which is why you find these overstrikes. I did a metallurgical study of a group of...
When talking about these unofficial issues, specifically Siscian VLPP's, there is not much point in talking about specific groups of people,...
I've been chasing them for years! I have 144 on my page, with a few hundred more to sort through--...
here's one with some serious side eye...and a cross on altar [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you ignore other evidence and only look at coins, I can see where you might get this opinion. To paraphrase Harold Mattingly-- did Constantine...
This coin is barely recognizable as a VLPP...that's why I love it! from a definition of abstract art-- "Abstraction indicates a departure from...
I would agree with Adrian Marsden that it was not deliberate damage.
here's a Galerius with Δ Є across fields. [ATTACH] Galerius A.D. 300- 301 25x26mm 9.2g GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; Laureate head right....
here's a selection of 1st Tetrarchy from Carthage-- [ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 298-303 27x29mm 9.3g IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head...
congrats on the 1st Tetrarchy...now you have to collect the other Tetrarchies!
The first connection is that this reverse, like the earlier types, is unique to Constantine...this can't be stressed enough. I have written a lot...
Though not affiliated with the other coins other than also being from Constantinople, I can't resist posting my favorite (?) campgate. It was...
Yes, sometimes; but often not clear. The DAFNE with Victory I posted also has the right breast bare. Below is an unambiguous example from AC...
I recently got a SPES PVBLIC for Constantine I. This coin is the only bronze coin with explicit Christian imagery as part of the design, rather...
There were other types struck in Constantinople like this coin with Constantinopolis on obverse and Pax on reverse [ATTACH] Commemorative...
the reverse looks like a VIRTVS EXERCITI, Victory crowning Emperor [ATTACH]
What I think when I see these threads :D [ATTACH]
it must be a typo/ mistake and should be 77/76 BC
It's Galerius from London
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