I'm researching a group of very rare coins and I would like to estimate the size of the original issue or the number of dies involved in the...
I have quite a few Sceats, but I need to photograph them. I'm sure I have at least two contemporary copper forgeries. Here is one of my Seacts:...
While portraits on late Roman siliquae can be quite stylized and boring. This siliqua of Gratian shows a very expressive image of the emperor. He...
Mint of Antioch D N GRATIANVS P F AVG // REPARATIO REI PVB / ANTA Note the sharp detail, especially on the reverse. The emperor is wearing some...
One of my favorite Gratian bronzes. DN GRATIANVS PF AVG // GLORIA ROMANORVM / ALEA [ATTACH]
Very common, but rarely seen in such lovely condition: [ATTACH]
This one was is also nice:[ATTACH]
Another nice Theodosius AE-22 [ATTACH]
The style of Theodosius' coins can be as good as that of early 4th or even 1st century coins: [ATTACH]
Another one in eben better (I'd say almost not perfect) condition: [ATTACH]
Nice bronze coins of Theodosius I are not impossible to find. I bought this Theodosius AE-23 last month for EUR 56 on Ebay. I love the GLORIA...
I just checked my Victorinus collection. It is not entirely clear from this coin, but I think Victorinus is also shouldering a staff rather than a...
I agree, these coins are rather common, but scarce in good condition on both sides. Especially the reverse dies were often overused. Here is one...
This is a spectacular portrait of Gallienus. I always thought Gallienus was shouldering a spear, but it is a blunt instrument, some kind of staff....
:) I'm afraid I accumulated more than 1700 official Roman coins over the years, if only to aesthetically balance my collection of barbarian coins.
Nice coin. I like Gallienus Germanic victory series and especially with his heroic bust. Here are two from my collection. Note the rather...
My favorite Hadrian portrait, on a nicely toned coin. [ATTACH]
And here is a 40-Nummi of Athalaric. I don't have a better picture at hand and I don't have the measurements right now. However, this coin is...
Here is a 5-Nummi of Athalaric: IMVIC TAROMA // DN ATHALARICVS V (value mark) [ATTACH]
This is the other variant of a 20-Nummi of Athalaric: IMVIC - TAROMA - star I star - XX value mark [ATTACH]
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