This is attributed to Lugdunum, but the portrait looks very similar to the above coin. [IMG] Silver Double Denarius Lugdunum mint Obv: IMP C...
Hard to put my finger on it, but stylistically, it looks fake, like a modern tourist replica.
True, but notice the difference between the A in the mint mark (open) and the A in REIPVBLICAE (closed). It's quite pronounced. I also see a...
To me, the most useful parts of the monogram in identifying it are the cross above and the B below the slanted line. I checked this page -...
Everything that Finn235 is true, but I want to clarify that a 12 Caesars set in bronze is doable and affordable if you are willing to accept coins...
A fairly typical bronze as: [IMG] Rome mint, A.D. 11-12 Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AUGVSTVS IMP XX Rev: PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIII, encircling SC...
Thanks Sallent, Ken D, and Roman Collector for the additional information. Nice coins, everyone!
The coin below is a commemorative coin of Theodora, (2nd?) wife of Constantinus I, (but not the mother of Constantine the Great or his...
I agree that the new photo is outstanding, the best of the three. What image processing program do you use? If you can bump up the saturation...
Great coins, everyone. Is there a reliable way to distinguish the Bronzes of Philip II from those of Philip III?
Congratulations on completing your set. Please forgive the ignorant question, but are these all from the Rome mint?
Interesting topic. The next question is: are there any coins from a different city with this obverse die? Some Roman provincials look so...
Not to be snarky or anything, but I'd assume most provincials would be very rare since most of them were intended for local trade. There are...
If there were fully black or green when you received them, then it is likely that I am wrong and that the are genuine.
I think these might be cast tourist copies. In many places you will find people hanging around ancient ruins looking for foreign tourists to whom...
I can't add much except to say that the fact that the reverse figure is holding and eagle and a scepter suggests that it is Jupiter and not Licinius.
To elaborate, antoniniani of Probus, like yours - beautiful coin, BTW - were mostly bronze but were coated with a thin silver wash through a...
The second one looks like Severus Alexander. I don't understand what the SC is doing on the reverse of the first coin, because it doesn't look...
I suppose that someone who has collected every US Lincoln cent except for the 1909-S V.D.B. could put together complete CONSTANTINOPOLIS and VRBS...
It does look like a crown, doesn't it? It appears that way because the silver is pitted, and the pitting has removed some of the silver in just...
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