I was also there in 91 and then worked as a contractor in Taif and Riyadh in 2008-9
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? I've been there several times...lovely city.
the seller is notorious for selling fakes. I have had him on my fake seller's list for a couple of years...
It isn't a heroic bust because Gordian III is clearly cuirassed.
I'd say they were copying a gold coin [ATTACH] https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces46601.html
I don't pay much attention to attribution of coins that I am bidding on.
My grandfather died while my grandmother was expecting, so my father never even met him. It's strange, none of the family really knew him, but I...
I think this is my smallest LRB with something clearly recognizable. This coin is 7mm and weighs .6g. and has a pretty clear Chi-Rho on the...
Hello Mike an earlier topic on this that you missed https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eid-mar-aureus-at-nac-132.396998/
"Most Roman coin types have a consistent die axis of either 0 or 180 degrees. Athenian tetradrachms almost always have a die rotation of 270...
In A.D. 312, after the defeat of Maxentius by Constantine, several coin types were issued from London to commemorate the victory and celebrate the...
here's one that I guess was modified for use as a sieve. [ATTACH] Magnentius A.D. 350-3 25x27mm 8.7g D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed,...
I have a small collection of odd Roman coins and here's my latest-- a Constantine I with Sol reverse that has been modified for use as a...? 2.8g...
I'm glad that somebody forgot to bid...it got expensive! :)
your sample size is too small...you can't gain any empirical data without many more research samples.
My grandfather James "Pete" Clark who served during W.W. II in the USAF in the 758th Bomb Squadron, 459th Bomb Group (they flew B-24 Liberators)....
I also recently got an example [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 306 28mm 9.1g CONSTANTINVS NOBILI C; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right....
another tough one to find--a hippocamp on a Siscian VLPP from Constantine [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 318-19 18mm 2.4gm IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG;...
This Crispus has a star on the shield which is rarer than the horseman on shield...slight double strike on obverse with a few issues including...
It's a GLORIA ROMANORVM with two emperors reverse, struck for Honorius and Theodosius II.
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