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Roman? Greek? Imitation of above?
Two More Roman Coins - Valentinian (364-375 AD) I received two more Roman coins and put them on my website: Roman Coins Valentinian was a...
I removed the Honorius coin from the website until I can get a better identification on it. It is hard to read even with the coin in hand. As...
I received two more Roman coins and put them on my website: Roman Coins Severus Alexander Mars and Pax denarii (War and Peace) [IMG] [IMG]
Denmark 25 Ore Silver 1907-1911 King Frederik VIII I can't read the date but it would be to the left of the "25". Krause World Coins catalog...
I have had in interest in the 1949 San Francisco Mint restrike of the 1898 Mexico Peso. The restrikes were made for Chiang Kai-Shek's China army....
[IMG] My latest Roman coin - Antoninus Pius denarius ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III Laureate head right ANNO NA AVG (Annona, Roman...
I just bought a coin (denarius) of Caracalla on Ebay last night! Also a coin of the real Antoninius Pius recently. Both for around $30 US.
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This link has lots of examples of Roman coins. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/
What is "Hutt River Province"?
The Wildwinds data base is great but not complete. I couldn't find this exact coin in it. I don't know if the direction the eagle is facing is...
Pretty neat coin! I found the Ebay listing of the above coin which states that it is listed in Prieur as number 255. Here is a description of...
I saw a couple of the new US $10 bills and they reminded me of the old "gold notes".
I have a chopmarked 1903-S Philippine Peso. So apparently the practice of "chopping" lasted into the 20th century.
Liege (Luttich, Leodicum) Bishopric (Belgium, Low Countries) Johann Theodor von Bayern, Bishop, 1744-63 Copper 2 L (Liards) 17?1 (Must be...
Septimius Severus Some consider him responsible for the Fall of Rome. Gibbon ("Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire") blamed Severus for...
Or how about "Bad Boys of Rome"? (Caligula, Elagabalus, Commodus...)
When I see that design, I keep thinking of the 1960 movie "The Misfits" where Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift round up wild horses in Nevada for...
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