I have the following two Gallienus Antoniniae. The coins are of the same reverse type, but they are of very different style. The different...
Just saw that I also have Arles and Aquilea (I always wondered what the symbol between the two soldiers on the Aquilea issue is meant to be - a...
I have two more mints of this type: Antioch and Alexandria. I kind of like the Empire's small change: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting. I used the sources below but could not find it: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=mint%20marks...
That was fast .... many thanks! (The expertise on this forum is quite remarkable) Best Dirk
Can anybody help with the identification of the mint on this follis of Constantius II. The coin has a small flan, but the mint mark is clearly...
Here are two impulse buys at low prices. These are the sellers pictures and the coins have yet to arrive: The first one was only EUR 22 and the...
Agreed, the hole is usually somewhere above or behind the emperor's head, indicating that they did displayed the coin more or less the right way...
This Trajan Decius Aureus was probably part of the treasury that was lost in the battle of Abrittus. The coin was reportedly found in Khmelnitzky...
Here is another example from my collection. This one is very heavy at 6.5 gr. [ATTACH]
That is a good point. I have about 30 of these imitative aurei. The aurei that were hacked to pieces were probably sacrifices (I cannot locate the...
Here are three Decius Antoniniae with references to Roman provinces from my collection. Clearly, the Danube border was Decius' main focus....
I fully agree, Quintillus was a tragic figure, but Eutropius said that he was a modest and capable man. The monetary system was clearly in...
My favourite emperor is Quintillus, who ruled only for a few weeks in AD 270. Quintillus didn't really do very much, but the sources tell us that...
Finally (at least as my collection goes) the CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE follis: There is so much information on Victor Clark's website that it is...
Next comes the GLORIA ROMANORVM follis: The depiction of Roma seated was a classical image that went back to the 1. century and it was reused...
Next up is the GLORIA EXERCITVS follis again. To celebrate a great victory there had to be a "glory to the army" type. The figure on the reverse...
I think the symbolism on this series is really quite amazing. Take the LIBERTAS PVBLICA follis again: Victoria is holding two laurel wreath to...
I read a biography of Constantine I recently. I was particularly interested in his Christian conversion. Apparently, Constantine's idea of...
Agreed, the eyes to heaven version is particularly appealing.
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