Your coin is minted in the first half of 395, after the demise of Theodosius and the form of the obverse legend shows that. The break in legend is...
What is actually impressive is that you kept it for all these years. And I think I see SMRS or Q in the exergue, so rather Rome than Aquileia.
I think your coin is in great shape and likewise style. The AE coinage (at least in the 380s and 390s) was still of decent quality and...
Two deniers tournois of two brothers who ruled two nearby realms with very closely-related names: Alphonse de France and Charles I d'Anjou in the...
Thank you. I'd also recommend: K.M. Setton ed. - A History of the Crusades T. Asbridge - The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land G. Perry - John...
I noticed that there is no thread dedicated to Theodosius I and rather few coins of him are showed here. So maybe we start a thread to exemplify...
Here is a common trachea type that circulated starting with around 1230 in Constantinople, at the height of the conflict between Jean de Brienne...
Nicomedia has a great style throughout the 4th century and this local type I think is a good proof of that.
Nicomedia minted these around 317-320, a combination between the Jupiter type and the new campgate type of Heraclea of 317: [ATTACH]
Who's this guy and where was this silly thing struck? [ATTACH]
So glad the Jeans are pilling up.
But there's still a nice Antioch there.
Glad you liked it and good luck in your search for one.
As for your question, I think your coin is RIC Antioch 148c.
These are usually very nice from Antioch. [ATTACH]
Some of the silver used to mint the lovely siliquae of Sirmium perhaps?
I hope there are more Bendall collection offerings to come, I'd like to get one myself if possible.
Thank you both! @VD76 your first coin is the first early series of Damietta, too bad that the reverse is hard to read and see the shape of the...
Damietta, in the Eastern Nile Delta, was a high prize captured by the crusaders of the Fifth Crusade in November 1219 and was recognized as a...
It was rather to be expected I think.
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