Wonderful, Jochen! The coin is fantastic.....as is the history you provide and the photography!
[ATTACH] SPAIN. Ferdinand and Isabella. 1469-1504 AD. AR 4 Reales (13.19 gm). ND. Seville mint. Obv: Crowned coat of arms. Rev: Yoke with traces...
[ATTACH] Pertinax. 193 AD. AR Denarius (18mm; 3.38 gm; 6h). Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Pertinax standing left, holding roll and...
[ATTACH] Pescennius Niger. AR Denarius (18mm; 3.00 gm; 12h). Antioch, 193-194 AD. Obv: IMP CΛES C PESC NIGER IVST ΛVG, laureate head right. Rev:...
Another Sol type: [ATTACH] Aurelian, 270-275 AD. Æ Antoninianus (23mm). Rome mint. Obv: IMP AURELIANUS AVG. Radiate and cuirassed bust right....
Theodora, "normal" size flan: [ATTACH] Theodora. Died before 337 AD. Æ (16mm). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 337-340 AD. Obv: FL MAX...
A tiny Theodora: [ATTACH] Theodora. Died before 337 AD. Æ (13mm). Treveri (Trier) mint, 2nd officina. Struck circa 337-340 AD. Obv: Laureate and...
To what end? I don't understand. Does CT have a photo gallery for members?
[ATTACH] A young(er) Commodus: Commodus. As Caesar, 166-177 AD. Æ Sestertius. (31mm; 26.52 gm; 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius...
[ATTACH] JULIAN II. 361-363 AD. Æ (30mm, 7.26 gm, 12h).Sirmium mint. 1st officina.. Obv: D N FL CL IVLIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and...
Great catch, Orfew! I have never seen one!
Ahah! I see it now. Thanks.
It is curious to me how that large wedge shaped flan flaw on the obverse isn't carried-through to the reverse image.
Nay.....from just a photo, and old eyes.
[ATTACH] Macrinus. 217-218 AD. AR Denarius (19mm; 3.44 gm; 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, March-June 218 AD. Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV...
A bronze: [ATTACH] KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. Æ (24mm, 12.08 gm, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 188/7-179 BC. Obv: Radiate head...
[ATTACH] KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Attic Tetradrachm (30mm; 17.22 gm; 12h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Ay-, magistrate. Struck...
Quite Incorrect. I was trying to imply that to us as coin collectors, a coin like the Judaea Capta type CONFIRMS an historical event, not...
Here's a "Crusaders" coin I could use some help on. My description is a guess: [ATTACH] CRUSADERS, Principality of Achaea, Thebes mint? Ruler not...
[ATTACH] Rhodes, Order of St John, Dieudonné de Gozon (1346-53), Gigliato, AR (28mm, 3.79 gm, 6h). Obv: +FR: DEODAT: D: GOSONO: DI: GRAMR,...
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