Constantine II. GLORIA EXERCITVS. Two soldiers one standard? That would be my first guess.
I find it telling that the low price was a strong determining factor here. For most non ancient collectors it is hard to believe that such coins...
Lysimachos, Silver tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon....
For UK members it is worth looking at Blackwells who have this book at £61.64 with free shipping. I have ordered my copy.
Ooh... an excuse to roll out my Alexandrian denarii.... Commodus denarius Obv:– M COMM ANTO - N AVG PIVS BRIT, Laureate head right Rev:- LIR AVG...
Look out for the varieties where the symbol is in the field... [IMG] The globe types (you don't have to stay at the same mint...) [IMG] Or...
I can personally live with poor plates as I managed to obtain a Volume II of the origina edition (the plates....) a few years ago when a school...
I have nothing sensible to add other than my own Calpurnia.... Obv:– Laureate head of Apollo right, Fractional mark (two vertical pellets) behind...
Yet another distraction..... This time a Numerian with Mercury. I had never seen one in person and found it attractive apart from the crrosion in...
Here are some other RIC 202 H coins like Bings but from different emissions:- Emission 3 [IMG] Emission 4 [IMG] [IMG]
I set myself a goal of only buying coins within my focus areas. I regularly fail in this goal and am too easily distracted by things I see along...
I have a few speciality sub-collections that probably go way beyond what some would consider looking at. Within the COS II series (RIC and BMCRE...
The Didcot Hoard:- [ATTACH] I have other images from various other displays but these were the highlights....
Here are a couple of images from a recent trip to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The Chalgrove Hoard:- [ATTACH] With Domitianus II [ATTACH]
Do you think that it was engraved that way or is it possible that they developed afterwards?
There are so many factors involved in the resulting coin.... the thickness of the metal across the blank flan i.e. is there enough metal to fill...
A bug-eyed goat.... [IMG] gazelle [IMG] a bull [IMG] Not really part of the series but wolf and twins [IMG] Stag [IMG] [IMG]
My latest Helena Helena - AE3 Obv:– FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed, draped bust right Rev:– SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas, standing left, holding...
I bought 5 genuine coins from him during his period selling on ebay.
It would appear that the most usual Jupiter type for Max. Herc. from Ticinum is "IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and...
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