What about someone that buys at someplace like Vcoins and then relists on someplace like eBay for more than twice the original price...and didn't...
Yours also ends with NOB C
Well, I consider them yours! :D Happy New Year everybody.
Those are some nice campgates with great patinas. The obverse legend for your Crispus is FL IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C --- RIC VII Nicomedia 92
You would have to be a Constantine nerd to know about many of those types! :D A few are painfully rare, while others are merely plain old rare,...
I mentioned Harl's book, but I highly recommend it. I was fortunate because it was the first Roman coin book that I read. It will answer questions...
Thanks all for the comments. I admit I was not going to even post at first as I think it is too easy to cross into bragging territory and honestly...
You don't sound very familiar with Constantinian coinage. I have a page with over 100 different types...
You have coins from different issues. At various times, coins were struck at different standards. Here is a chart from Harl's "Coinage in the...
In terms of price, this was probably my best buy of the year. This coin has sold 4 times in the past 8 years. The first auction listing I found...
Honorable mention for this guy. I guess it's a good year when Domitius Domitianus doesn't make the top 10. He was used to not being included...
I actually like the bronzes most, but the argenteus made my top 10 because of rarity and the provenance was an added bonus. I have about 2 dozen...
That is one of the things that attracted me to Siscian VLPP's...the earlier busts in the series frequently have a stylized, cartoonish look.
It's a portcullis-- a heavy gate that can be raised and lowered.
here's a freshly minted fake from Yugoslavia [ATTACH]
I think that I have posted topics about most of these. My collecting interests are mainly 4th century, with a particular focus in Constantinian...
I wouldn't call it special, just Nicomedian style. here's one I used to have [ATTACH]
That is a Aesculapius, who is male, on the reverse of your coin.
The IOVI had circa 2% silver; while the VLPP was double at 4%
Here's an unofficial Constantine I Siscian VLPP struck over a Licinius I IOVI CONSERVATORI (RIC VII Siscia 11) from Siscia, struck A.D. 313- 315....
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