Awesome find!
A very interesting type.
Secrets of the Dead is among my favorite shows. You can also stream this episode on Roku if you have the PBS app.
The nerd in me: cool! The parent in me: where is he getting all these blocks? The ancient history buff in me: gotta go look up the Porta Nigra.
It has a great look.
The coin in the OP looks real to me, all in all I like it, but it does have enough problems that I can't make myself hit the "like" button, sorry.
Just from what can be seen of the edge in the photos it is without question a modern counterfeit.
Palpatine's rule was marked by wisdom, grand building projects and the choice of able helpers to assist in his plan to transform a broken Republic...
@Bing I have one of these that I have never photographed, neat type from an interesting town, I'll have to shoot it and post it here.
In terms of the Romans, I believe the modern notion of a "good Roman Emperor" is a myth. On the one hand you have the effective Roman Emperors...
"[W]hen the enemy endeavored to cut off his communication by sea, he was forced to divert that danger by setting fire to his own ships, which,...
I think it is important not to confuse the actions of parts of "Christianity" adopted for political reasons by Constantine, with Christianity as a...
As always, great info from @dougsmit
Thank you @David Atherton, that is helpful information.
As an aside, my first coin from Roman Britain was a London Mint Constantine II of this type that my grandmother bought for me for my birthday in...
You are welcome and it really is a delightful coin!
Sallent, this coin is RIC VII 292. It was minted in London in AD 323-324 while Constantine the Great was still very much alive and had a lot of...
"I really dislike this Emperor, almost irrationally. But I found a coin of this effeminate bloodthirsty opportunist I could get behind." Most...
I have a soft spot in my otherwise cold dark heart for the Gallic Empire, I like this example. Victorinus was nothing if not an interesting fellow...
I am looking at a Cistophoric Tet of Claudius that is listed as RIC I 120. It is of the type shown below, but the picture is just an example of...
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