Actually, it's also possible that your second coin is from Phokaia, like this one: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2147943
I think you nailed the second one. I don't see a griffin on your first coin--possibly a better photo might make it easier to see--but if you see...
That's an interesting obverse legend on the 3rd coin of the OP, sporting an -O at the end of Valentinian rather than the usual -VS.
Probably intended for tourists visiting a historical site.
I think I got it. Bronze, value of 15 shekels, right? Thanks.
Hey Alegandron, is the AE 15 a typo? If not, what does the "15" designate?
Siamese twin coins to go along with the Siamese twin eagles on the reverse.
I believe Serapis, according to the mythology, was cut up into many pieces and then resurrected whole again. Thus, his dismembered head is...
Do you think it might be possible to pop those two coins apart to see what the other sides look like? Bronze is pretty strong, probably stronger...
I placed pre-bids on 9 different lots and won one (below). I know nothing about this coin beyond was what listed in the auction, I just thought it...
Yes, very nice job. Sodium sesquicarbonate, or some other method? Inquiring minds want to know.
Gold coins did not circulate as a rule. The were exceptions, but generally they just got shipped from one government's treasury to another.
Can't tell much of anything from the photograph. Can you send a larger photo that is not as dark? Include the size and weight. If, in hand, you...
Despite their rarity, these 1/4 folli from Siscia do not command a lot of interest from collectors. If you were to sell it, $15-20 would be a good...
Apparently you weren't using the right search terms. Try searching for...
I don't think Verdicare is a good treatment for Bronze Disease. Here's what I recently wrote on another thread in answer to a question about BD:...
Yeah, "happy Poultry Day" just doesn't work for me. I'm gonna stop patronizing Starbucks.
. . . or at least give him a better haircut.
Wow. Those are pretty spectacular results. Congratulations. Does the coin look more porous now than before you cleaned it? It looks like it in the...
Your coin is RIC 125. That listing number applies to all coins of Constantius II with that reverse and a mint mark that begins AN and followed by...
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