PS: Throw back to this earlier post.... the coin is a replica! It's a very good fake/replica with some softness on the transitions between fields...
That's a beauty Terence! It's about as nice as they come. All these collecting years later, it's still hard to believe that coins in this...
In that case, this thread needs a Maximinus coin from Egypt! Great coin too! That reverse is beautiful! [ATTACH] Maximinus II - Alexandria - RIC...
Great write up! Very informative. I really like coins of this era. I just wish we had more primary sources for the events of the 3rd century....
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A couple not shown yet: Aesculapius [ATTACH] Sol [ATTACH]
Here's a fun Kassander. [ATTACH]
I think 1-4 are all likely Ptolemy VI-VIII Sv1424b if they are all around 28mm. Edit… noticing the dime, they may be smaller so I may be wrong....
Hi Donna, that's a great coin. congrats! I'd much rather have a coin worn with good surfaces than something with rough patina. Here's my favorite...
Nice coin! P Bots are back...
What about weird, silver cast campgates?! [ATTACH]
…Also this reverse figure on the Claudius has a pretty sweet beard… so probably a giveaway not Virtus.
Haha, love the Jared Leto comparison. Reminds me of this from a few years ago where a classical statues were given a hipster makeover....
Great coin, lots of detail in the right places! Haha. Here’s a similar reverse but showing Virtus I think with a VIRTVTI EXERCITVS legend....
I posted about mine (uglier) on FORVM a few years ago with the same questions about timeframe. I got some input from the person behind the...
Nice coins @hotwheelsearl ! I’m not sure what I think of Valerian but I do find him and the time period interesting. Here are my versions of...
Look under the mint of Arles, which was renamed Constantia for a period of time.
These coins seem to be very common in rough shape but they’re certainly hard to find in good shape! I have probably 10 coins of this type from...
Great Constantius I coins everyone. I like this coin for the curly beard and that it’s from a mint way across the empire from where he was Caesar....
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