Here is one from an eastern mint, Antioch: [ATTACH] Elagabalus. 19-18 mm. 3.52 grams. TEMPORVM FEL Felicitas standing left holding patera and...
I wonder if you mean "coin" or "type"? Do you mean it is a different coin of the same type and variety?
I'm enjoying the thread. I think it can be ignored with the "thread tools" option if one does not want to follow it.
SOLD BCD sold off his collection of Greek coins region by region. The catalogs have superseded the previous reference works, both for scholarship...
I have the website designer's e-mail and forwarded him your suggestions, as well as my own that the final page give the dates of the ruler...
Fortuna is one of my favorites! [ATTACH] Diocletian, Augustus 284-305 AD IMP DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG 28 mm. 8.88 grams. 12:00 die axis. FORTVNAE...
Tamas Maroti just put up a site for identifying Parthian drachms: https://mrcollector.eu/parthia/index.php Answer a few questions (bust left,...
Some fanatics (not me) know campgates to the finest detail. The one you noted is remarkable for having the stonework extend upward into the...
Here is my favorite Julia Domna: [ATTACH] 27-24 mm. 10.16 grams. as IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG VESTA, Julia sacrificing over altar, accompanied by 3...
If you want a silver coin of medieval Venice, here is one you won't regret buying. [ATTACH] A very nice grosso of Venice, not clipped (many are):...
True. In fact, I think it makes a coin more likely to be genuine, but not desirable. If you were a criminal counterfeiter, why make a fake so...
[ATTACH] Seleukid King Antiochos VI (144-141 BC). Æ Serrate or "bottlecap". 21 mm, 7.65 grams, 12:00. Antioch mint. Diademed and radiate head r....
Here is a bust type which is very unusual on coins of Claudius II (268-270): [ATTACH] Helmeted bust left, with spear and shield. 19-18 mm. 2.78...
Prior to the abdications of 305 there were two rulers named "Maximianus". Then the "G" was used to distinguish Galerius. After 305 there was only...
Theme: polos [I had to look up what that was] [ATTACH] Julia Domna, Augusta AD 193-217. Denarius (AR; 18-20mm; 3.35g; 6h) 196-211. IVLIA - AVGVSTA...
I believe the coin is really of Galerius. Here is mine: [ATTACH] RIC VI Aquileia 81a, page 323, for Galerius from 25 July 306-c. March 307....
What is unusual about the busts?
[ATTACH] 32 mm. 28.95 grams. Janus/Prow. Atilius Saranus, 155 BC. ex Vecchi Auction 3, lot 388. With Pegasi ticket for $175. [Here, $49 SOLD + $3...
Of course you are right. That chi-rho symbol on your coin of Valens is clear. The question was if the OP type of Constantine II ever comes with a...
One thing to like about later Roman coins is the variety of bust types not found on issues of the first and second centuries. The second coin...
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