I can't make out much. Are you sure that it's silver? I can't be certain from the photo. If it's silver it might be a Roman Republican denarius,...
That's a nice cleaning job you did on that first coin, Alegadron. Did you use Verdicare? Zumbly, I'm going to print out that chapter on Gallic...
[ATTACH] Here's my Postumus coin, Moneta reverse, that started this thread. The style of both sides is very different from the other two posted...
I don't see it either, but maybe that's just because of the limitations of the photograph. That is one beautiful coin. If it really bothers you...
[IMG] Titus Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 78-79 Obv (retrograde): T CAESAR VESPASIANVS Rev: Sow and piglets IMP XIII in exergue RIC II...
Thank you for the link, Zumbly. I just realized that I didn't post a photo of my coin. It has the other portrait type. I'll try to post it later...
Apollo it is then! Mystery solved.
I just read the thread that Smojo linked to above. Apparently the modern thinking is that Trier was the main mint for most of his coins:...
So you're saying it's really Apollo on the obverse, not Herakles? It's possible that I am mistaken.
I received the coins from my surprising auction win (https://www.cointalk.com/threads/surprising-vauction-win.307472/) Mostly what I'd expected:...
Sondermann claims that all coins minted by Postumus came from the same mint (disregarding those minted by Aureolus in the name of Postumus). Yet...
I am researching a coin of Postumus with a Moneta reverse. Wildwinds has a nice explanation of how to distinguish coins of Postumus from the Lyons...
Here are three that I found in batches of uncleaned coins. This first one would have been a stunner if the green patina had stayed intact: [IMG]...
Here are some beginner tools you can use as you play numismatic Sherlock Holmes: Ancient Coin Search: https://www.acsearch.info/...
These are Greek, most 2nd-4th century B.C.E.. All of these appear to be identifiable; there are many Greek experts in this forum. If you really...
My Theodora: [IMG] AE4 Trier mint, A.D. 337-340 Obv: FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG Rev: PIETAS ROMANA - Pietas, standing facing right, holding infant to...
I don't see anything obviously wrong with them. Check here for images of some known fakes: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/ A Triton T2...
I've been researching a coin of Constantine I from Thessalonica, and I came across an interesting sentence in RIC concerning the transition from...
Wow. Nice coin!
Can you post a picture some time?
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