Vespasian, a Flavian emperor, founded Flaviapolis in Cilicia Pedias (the eastern part of Cilicia, and inland), according to A.H.M. Jones in The...
Yes. Even the OP coin is a hybrid.
Fourrés are ancient counterfeits of silver coins (or gold coins) made by wrapping a thin silver (gold) foil around a base metal (usually copper)...
I wonder who told you that. It is clearly clipped. Solidi from that period always weigh more, as you note, unless they are clipped. Professional...
It is edited by Butcher. Here is the Table of contents (taken from Amazon): Table of Contents Introduction Kevin Butcher PART I COIN...
Here is one from Hadriani ad Olympum, Asia, Conventus of Adramyteum. (The present Orhaneli, about 45 miles straight south of Istanbul, on the Asia...
[ATTACH] Arcadius. 14-13 mm. 1.46 grams. The mintmark seems to be CONΓ possibly followed by a dot, but the dot may be a foot of the captive. The...
I am announcing a new web page on types with GENIO in the legend during and after the period of the First Tetrarchy (The First Tetrarchy was from...
[ATTACH] Antiochus III, 223-187 BC. 27 mm. 16.86 grams. Sear Greek 6934 Seleucid Empire, volume 2, 237, has a similar portrait. "223-211/210."
The OP Valens is so rare I think his number should be zero! :)
I added a dozen Roman coins today to the top of http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Also, I reduced the prices on almost all the unsold coins on...
Philip I, the Arab, 244-249, at Philippopolis, 247-249. [ATTACH] 19 mm. 4.93 grams. AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Marcus Julius...
For me, the new coin is better. Sorry about the "O". @dougsmit is right. For example, many Byzantine copper types are poorly produced with...
I think the photos are upside down. It might be GERMANICUS AE dupondius. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus in...
I don't see any encrustation that would need to be cleaned off. "What you see is what you get."
When Septimius Severus died at York, Britain, in 211, his sons Caracalla (Augustus since 198) and Geta (Augustus since 209) were there and soon...
RIC acknowledges that many authors call the Tiberius reverse figure Livia, but RIC itself does not commit and calls it simply a "female figure."...
That is a very nice example. The tiny face on the reverse figure is so well done it even looks like Vespasian!
Some types are famous. Do you recognize this one? [ATTACH] Denarius. 18 mm. PONTIF MAXIM This reverse type is famous because it is on the...
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