I just bought the Elagabalus Antoninian below in a Cgf live auction. (I hope I haven't outbid anyone here). I bought the coin for the very...
The Solidi in the name of Justin I and attributed to King Sigismund are an interesting group. There were 20 specimens in the Gourdon hoard, all...
My main thinking is that Germanic people, outside the Roman Empire, had no interest in copper coins. I think copper/bronze imitations, must have a...
There is a sizable group of unofficial imitations, which are often attributed to "unidentified Germanic tribes" or "unknown barbarians" and so on....
I found some references to Nadja Kapamadij. Parts of her collection were apparently bought by the British Museum....
It was great to read about Viminacium. Often we have so little idea what a place was like were a certain coin was made and circulated. I have...
This imitative solidus above is fantastic. I noticed that there is a reasonably large number of imitative Siliquae of Julianus II around. Below is...
The coin at the start of the threat is great. It was on my watch list for this auction and I’m glad I did not bid. I still have to get a Maximus...
Hahaha … sorry not my wife. She never had the slightest interest in coins. She always thought its a boring hobby for old men (even when I was...
Wow, that is one nice coin. So they did make folles/nummi and half-folles/half-nummi, at least at the mint of Rome. I will have to change the...
Interesting, the modern Polish town of Biskupiec is the formerly German town of Bischofsburg near Allenstein in what was German East Prussia...
I have two recurring provenances in my collection, and I was wondering if anybody knows something about these collectors. One is a certain Nadja...
I agree, Ostrogothic Solidi were minted by the main Italian mints with all their skill and mastery. They are not imitations, but official coins...
Your analysis is spot on. The coin was minted during the reign of Theoderic in Rome. It dates to the period after 497 and mostly likely after 507,...
This is a fantastic resource. Thanks a lot Warren.
I guess you are right. Maybe the barbartoria was no longer celebrated by the time of Crispus and the slight beard on the coins of the Roman mint...
Fantastic coin! It looks heavy. Could you give us the weight. I'm really curious to know whether there are more examples in the 3.5 gm weight range.
I think only half-follis denominations were struck. However, as noted above, my exemplar is of follis-size (18.6 mm) and follis-weight (3.47 gm)....
I think this claim of decent from Claudius Gothicus shows that Claudius Gothicus, more than any other emperor, including Aurelian, was regarded as...
This is a fantastic Sestertius!
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