I have the book AORTA by Rasiel Suarez. Bascially he says that for every decent Gallienus coin, there are a cart full of deplorable coins. It's...
I haven't paid much for any of these coins. $9 for the goat, $10 for Saturn, $8 for Sol, $8 for Roma. All but the goat are scanner coins so they...
[ATTACH] Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Milan mint, sole reign, 2.0g, 21mm OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right. REV: ORIENS AVG, Radiate Sol...
[ATTACH] Gallienus BI Antoninianus, 3.0g, 24mm OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right. REV: ROMAE AETERNA, Roma helmeted, seated left on...
[ATTACH] Gallienus Billon Antoninianus. Mint of Asia. 267 AD, 3.9g, 21.53mm OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. REV:...
[ATTACH] Gallienus Billon Antoninianus. 267-268 AD, 4.2g, 22.0mm OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right. REV: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat standing or...
[ATTACH] Tiberius, as Caesar. 12-14 AD. AE As. Lugdunum mint, 24mm, 9.8g OBV: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, Laureate head right. REV: ROM ET...
Thanks for the comments. A online dealer friend has a shop and some bins. We talked about it for awhile and I picked these coins.
It's definitely possible. Weights are all over the place with these coins. Also, I've never seen a head portrait like this coin.
Mine? I think mine has a good chance of being official.
Looks about right to me.
I totally agree. Although, for me it's particularly challenging to work with a low budget. I get what coins I can but I do my best to get decent...
[ATTACH] Phoenicia Sidon Ba'alshillem II 401-366 BC, 1/32 AR Shekel, .46g, 9mm OBV: Galley left above waves "9"=B above REV: Persian king...
[ATTACH] Constans AE Centenionalis. 348-350 AD. 2.8g, 18mm OBV: D N CONSTANS P F AVG, Draped and cuirassed bust right. REV: FEL TEMP...
[ATTACH] Roman Republic Anonymous AE Semis circa 91 BC, 6.19g, 23mm OBV: Head of Saturn right. REV: Prow of a galley right "S" before, "ROMA"...
I think it's possible it could be a Spanish or Celtic imitation.
Yep, I've decided I ain't getting it. But it would have been nice to get a Didius Julianus for a decent price. Oh well.
[ATTACH] Aelia Eudoxia AE3, Antioch, 383-408 AD, 2.3g, 17mm OBV: AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped bust right, wearing necklace and...
Yeah, I have some Chinese coins and many others. Here are my galleries if you're interested. http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/grid288.php...
[ATTACH] Plautilla AR Denarius. 198-212 AD, 3.3g, 18mm OBV: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves & drawn into...
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