Do you think that might have more to do with collecting coins from the Lyons mint than the coins of Probus? Lyons is a big city and collectors...
I started this thread after the second coin closed in the Naumann auction:...
Sometimes a small difference makes a big difference. I recently noted on CT a coin of Postumus where on the reverse the scepter of Serapis was...
The surface on the OP coin is excellent. I love it when some of the warm orichalcum color still shows.
Did the caption say the Julius Caesar was a reproduction? I don't think it is ancient.
I have a site on Byzantine coins of the Cherson mint in Crimea (the north part of the Black Sea). http://esty.ancients.info/Cherson/ Nothing much...
That's a good part of the fun. We *want* to learn about our coins. CoinTalk is a great place to begin, but history and numismatic books help bring...
Our member @Victor_Clark has an excellent site on early Christian symbols on Roman coins: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/symbols/
I have a web site on Christian symbols on AE Roman coins before 364 AD. In 364 Valentinian became emperor and Christian symbols became common....
I also wonder why. I wish someone in the know would explain it to us.
Here is a web site which discusses early and late portraits of Maximinus Thrax: http://esty.ancients.info/Maximinus/Maximinus.html As @Sallent...
When an emperor died there was sometimes a time lag between when mints began issuing coins in the name of the new emperor and the time they...
Gordian III was just a boy, about 13, when made sole emperor in 238. He ruled until 244. He surely would have had coins issued with a beard to...
Here is proof details can make a big difference. Do you have a Postumus SERAPI COMITI AVG? I do. But, look at this one first: [ATTACH] Jacquier...
That sale of Postumus coins is amazing. (Here is the link again.) https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2891 Lot 526 looks like it could be...
I must admit I don't recall the details of the 30. The 2 March and 6 April 2014 examples look obverse die identical to me. The others are very...
Can someone explain why all examples of the OP type are off-center in exactly the same way? I wrote the CoinForgeryDiscusionList about them in...
I believe you are right! I didn't think to look at acsearch. Thank you very much for the link. I use acsearch a lot, but would not expect to find...
A very nice idea, VK! I like the almost infinite variety of themes that can be collected under the aegis of "ancient coins." Now all you need to...
I have collected barbarous radiates (from the Gallo-Roman empire c. 270 AD and found commonly in Britain) for decades. Here is a coin I got in...
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