Styles change...a few years later, beards are out. Plus this is Diocletian's Tetrarchy, his "vision"...his style.
The Tetrarchic portraits are all military in nature, Diocletian was a barracks Emperor, --so strong, thick necked men with close cropped hair and...
from the first Tetrarchy, some FELIX ADVENT reverses from issue v -- [ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 297- 298 27x29mm 8.2gm IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F...
likely some sort of grain
I posted a similar Galerius in my first post-- Carthage 30b/32b [ATTACH]
A coin I sold, before deciding to collect Carthage by RIC number. One of many regrets in my life. :banghead: [ATTACH]
congrats. here is a die match I saw for sale a few years ago [ATTACH] and another one that belongs to forum member Hamilcar Barca [ATTACH]
Yes, they are fairly rare. This is my second example that I bought as an upgrade; but I plan on keeping both.
The ragged flan is a distinctive aspect of Carthage folles-- a result of the way that they were cast.
The mint in Carthage opened to fund the Roman campaign against the Quinquegentiani (People of the Five Tribes) a group of Berbers that rebelled...
I am looking for a Diocletian GENIO from Alexandria to finish my set of coins issued by Domitius Domitianus...
I just got a Constantine I from London [ATTACH] ex-Morris in a slab...about to be ex-slab also. this one arrived two weeks ago [ATTACH]...
an educational book-- Numismatic Forgery by Charles M. Larson [ATTACH]
this type, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, was only issued in bronze
this one got hammered [ATTACH]
It looks like a circular object, which is common enough on this Thessalonica issue; though it makes no difference for the RIC number. The example...
not a book, but a two part series from the Celator-- http://community.vcoins.com/celator-vol-11-no-05/...
doucet posted some nice Constantinopolis coins, here is an unofficial "barb" example. [ATTACH] Circa A.D. 330- 335 16mm 2.7gm CONSTANT...
Here is a Gordian III with scalloped edges. Maybe used as a game piece or some kind of token. [ATTACH] Gordian III A.D. 241- 243 AE Sestertius...
I have this one that's 4" tall. [ATTACH]
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