Okay, I'll post my ugliest: [IMG] Vitellius Bronze As Spanish (Tarraco?) mint Obv: A VITELLIVS - IMP GERMAN Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI - Victory, with...
The fact that they are all from the same mint and thus likely the work of the same celator is significant. Victory has two wings. It's possible...
Here's one of mine. Notice how when you're standing upright you can apply more of your body weight to the spear: [IMG] Constans (Bronze) AE2...
I'll start with some Constantines and then move on to a couple of other emperors. Helmeted. Generally unusual, but common for this reverse type:...
It's possible that they were all from the same hoard.
I am under the impression that coins of Galerius have either GAL or at least G in the obverse legend. I don't see either of these in the OP coin.
Looks like it's arrived. Congratulations. Great coin. I want one.
Okay, I'll defer to your judgment that it's barbarous and go from there.
A couple final thoughts and then I'll give it a rest: 1) There are 4 indistinct letters on the left side of the obverse, which strongly suggests...
Well, the size is certainly right for an imitation of a coin from this era. Most of the 2 soldiers and fallen horseman imitations that I've seen...
The PIETAS reverse motif is known for empresses of the time period, albeit with a different legend. On the VRBS ROMA obverse, helmeted Roma is...
I agree that the style appears barbarous. Interesting, though, that "ROMA" and "PIETA-S REIP" are so well rendered. Furthermore, I haven't seen...
Thanks for the suggestion. I was about to message him, when I noticed in his profile that he had already looked at this topic.
I first asked about this coin on another forum about 10-12 years ago. The responses I got included "barbarous," "rejected pattern," and "military...
The fact that the shape is weird does not condemn it as fake. Misshapen coins from this time period are fairly common. Although it is possible to...
I think the main reason that so much more time is spent discussing Imperial coins is that they greatly outnumber Republican coins. I don't think...
[IMG] Constantine the Great, A.D. 307-337 Carthage mint, summer, A.D. 307 RIC 61 Obv: CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES Rev: CONSERVATO-RES KART SVAE -...
I encountered some of this when I first started out 15+ years ago and was peppering the Moneta_L discussion list with a lot of naive questions....
As a tetrarchic-era collector, I have to admit that I'm a little envious of that Galerius with the Genius reverse. What a beauty!
On an earlier thread someone wrote that he was new to ancient coin collecting and was wondering what was the best way to learn how to ID ancient...
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