There are many Mars varieties that I have come across. I have an egocentric attraction to collecting the Mars reverses, which is the thing that...
I have had this first coin in my collection for a few years. This was one of only two examples known to Curtis Clay of the MARTI VICT type with...
You gotta like a croc....
This one is already there:- Galerius. 299-303 AD., Carthage mint., AE Follis MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right. Large head type. SALVIS...
My only dabbling in this is illustrated below:- Septimius Severus Ar Drachm Obv:– AY KAI L CEPT...
Uneven strikes occur quite regularly. I have the following coin that illustrates a Roman Republican (L. Papius) denarius with an uneven and...
Another of my off piste purchases again I am afraid. I don't really focus on LRB but saw this Alexandrian hut for sale from a collector who has...
The Gallienus (first coin) is not pure silver and has a LOT of copper in it. Mechanical cleaning will scratch the coin. A MILD acid (dilute...
Gallienus, Septimius Severus, Maximinus Thrax
I provided a direct link to the sub-page as the method for getting there is as follows:- Go to the site:- http://probvs.net/probvs/ Scroll down...
I will avoid the Probus tsunami as I am sure people don't want that. I have a collection of Probus coins from all the mints though my primary...
Many thanks. More digging required I think.
Just added another Galerius Tet to the hoard..... This one has a much more refined porttrait than the previous one. Galerius Billon tetradrachm...
Trajan AR Tetradrachm. Tyre, Phoenicia. Obv: AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB GERM DAK, laureate head right, club & eagle below. Rev: DHMAPC EX IC...
I have gone away from my collecting and knowledge base AGAIN!! This time as the title suggests I have bought a couple of coins from Troas,...
I have posted elsewhere with pretty horrible examples of double die matches two the two Victory types to Doug's coin above but also posted this...
Cappadocian Kingdom, Tetradrachm, In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII Silver tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of the Seleukid King...
Aeolis, Myrina, Tetradrachm, Mid 2nd Century B.C. Obv:– Laureate head of Apollo right, hair braided, ribbons flowing behind. Rev:– MYRINAION...
No. They knew the earth was a globe and the ancient greeks calculated the circumference.
Julian II DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS NOB C SPES REI-PVBLICE SMK gamma Cyzicus RIC VIII Cyzicus 118 I think
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