To state the obvious: every ancient coin is handmade and therefore unique. I think uniqueness or rarity covers both the type and the condition....
This is a spectacular example. The bust is breathtaking.
I think this is MIB 24. Hahn mentioned the emission with only one star in the left field and says that the star is usually 8-pointed like on the...
Wolfgang Hahn describes in his book "Zur Münzprägung des frühbyzantinischen Reiches" how the tiny nummi exchanged hands in bags (lat. = follis)....
(foregot to past in the link in the previous post) https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=441266 Coins from Siscia have a very distinctive style.
As I said before, I agree it is Siscia not Ticinum. This coin below from acsearch is of very similar style.
Great coin and beautiful portrait. The Providentia Deorum reverse is one that I have yet to get for any emperor. I wonder what the scene depicts:...
Excellent coin. This is a great reverse type. I love the naturalistic depiction of Florianus as soldier.
Cool, thanks for the information. That was my thinking as well. I'll change my records to Siscia.
Great coin! A common coin in great condition and excellent style is often not so common.
According to Estiot, Tacitus assumed the title of "Gothicus Maximus" in Spring 276, after he had arrived on the scene in Asia Minor, where his...
I wonder if there is any evidence that the Avars (a semi-nomadic people) struck any coins. I think that attributions to Avars are much like...
Very interesting. I believe that these bronze imitations were the products of local Roman craftsmen, who were hired to produce coins in order to...
Definitely. The German term “lokaler Beischlag”, which Bing translated as “local supplement” means that the cataloger thought that the coin was...
What I wrote above with regards to the Focas solidus applies here as well. The two coins are mind-blowing, but attributions to Germanic tribes are...
A wonderful coin, but I would be careful with attributions to Avars or unknown Germanic tribes. These are mostly sales attributions, which are...
Whoever made this imitation, I think we can be pretty sure that it was not a Germanic tribe.
This is a very attractive imitative solidus. I wish it could be attributed to a specific kingdom or tribe. I don't think it is the product of an...
This is a really good source, thanks for that. Germanic invaders in the Narbonensis I in the 3rd century can in my view only have been Alamanni...
Here is another Tacitus Antoninian from my collection. IMP CM CLA TACITVS AVG // LAETITIA AVG -- XX Mint: Ticinium The coin shows a...
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