remember when I said "It's definitely Latin." well...it's still definitely Latin.
This coinage is part of the special commemorative coinage issued from Constantinople after the defeat of Licinius. I have a bit about this here-...
The slabbing fee would be as much, or more, than those coins are worth.
It's definitely Latin. Compare with the coin below (from Vcoins) with an obverse legend of IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG and a reverse legend of LIBERT AVG...
I have a page on these Carthage types and an example like yours-- http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Carthage/
CONSS✶ is RIC VIII Constantinople 93 Constantinople struck in 11 workshops at this time
Your coin is bronze, not billon. It would have been completely silvered when struck...it looks like a bit still remains. I would not use ammonia...
you can find depictions of counting boards on Roman coins associated with Liberalitas [ATTACH]
let me introduce again Valens, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 364-378). AE2 (22mm, 4.43 gm, 5h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 3/5. Trier, AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P...
i won a few LRB's including this interesting coin which initially had a brockage then they restruck it...so it has two heads [ATTACH] Crispus...
Maximianus A.D. 305 quarter-follis 18x19mm 2.6gm IMP CMA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG; laureate head. GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, holding...
That is not bronze disease...it is verdigris.
Glenn, I think that what you have is a copy of a rare type from Lyons with a reverse legend of VICTORIA AVGVSTORV. Though rare, I have seen...
Diocletian and the Roman Recovery [ATTACH]
my profile pic [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 316 19x20mm 3.4gm CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust left, laureate, cuirassed and raising right hand. SOLI...
it's a not very good fake of Vespasian
the H and I are abbreviations for Hercules and Jupiter. "Some of these coins have an H or an I in the reverse fields. These are the first letter...
It's Galerius. You can tell by comparing busts. Below are two from Group 1 first Maximianus- notice his beard and jowls and line at the bottom of...
thanks all it a rare type and I am looking forward to getting it...I had another from the series and kind of regret selling it. I am keeping the...
I realized I didn't have a Severus II and bought this example [ATTACH]
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