Always looking for an excuse to post this: [IMG] Silver Denarius Rome mint, 44 B.C. Obv: DICT PERPETVO - CAESAR - Veiled head of Julius Caesar...
I know some historians consider Diocletian the first Byzantine emperor, but for my collection, I go with the standard convention - Augustus to...
Looks Ptolemaic to me, too, but I've never seen a tetradrachm of Perseus, so I have no idea how to tell them apart. I'll ask my friend to double...
I had certainly entertained that possibility. Owls trade for so much over their melt value that someone could still make a very nice profit making...
Please forgive the poor quality scans. A friend sent them to me with some questions that I am unable to answer, so I'm posing them here in the...
Please forgive the poor quality scans. A friend sent them to me with some questions that I am unable to answer, so I'm posting them here in the...
I thought I'd heard that this assumption - that Severina ruled as sole empress after Aurelian's death - had recently been debunked. Anyone know...
Portrait looks like Elagabalus to me.
Do what on purpose? I'm not sure what you are questioning. The expression on the obverse portrait? Perhaps someone was carving his portrait just...
I'd say you got a great deal. Several of those coins are probably worth multiples of what you paid for them. I'm curious which coins you think...
With your first coin, you are correct that it looks like "SH . . .", but your first thought should have been "SM . . ." because many eastern mints...
Slabbing definitely raises the value of these coins by at least 6, maybe 7 cents. Since the coins themselves at worth at least 3 cents, I would...
That was my first thought, too. Style looks good. So it's either a cast copy or a legit one that has been spray painted with silver Rust-Oleum.
Looks similar to this one that I found on Wildwinds: [IMG] Here's what was written about it: "Faustina II, AE dupondius. 146-175. Rome. 27.5 mm,...
or even when they come up with their own designs: [IMG] Forgive the blasphemy, but one of these days I'm going to own one of these suckers.
[ATTACH] Gordian III Silver Double Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 238-239 Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Rev: VICTORIA AVG - Victory, advancing...
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Other than late third century, early 4th century A.D., I can't say much. Even that is pretty speculative. Perhaps some other members can weigh in.
Possibly a barbarous copy of an antoninianus from 3rd century A.D. England?
Mine is from Milan: [IMG] Silver Double Denarius Milan mint Obv: IMP C C TREB GALLVS AVG Rev: PAX AETERNA - Pax, standing left, holding branch and...
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