and just because I don't get to show it often, my Gallienus also countermarked as a Spanish 4 maravedis in the 1600's [ATTACH]
You have to make a distinction between continual circulation and reintroduction. The Constantine I coin below was struck in A.D. 312- 313 and...
The attribution of Postumus mints depends on which language(s) you speak and most importantly, read. :happy:
BMCRE is Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum
two heroic busts from Maximianus [ATTACH] Maximianus A.D. 289- 290 22mm 3.9g IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; heroic nude bust right, with...
You did a great job on attributing your coin; but one small correction-- it is a laureate head versus laureate bust. for comparison another...
I have hoarded quite a few books on hoards and I recently added some more -- Coin Hoards, published by the Royal Numismatic Society: [ATTACH]...
this was in the family Bible since the Civil War [ATTACH]
Coins from the VLPP series from Siscia are pretty common but this coin is not listed in RIC, but not so rare that I haven't had other...
not really
The Coleshill hoard is in The Chalfont Hoard and other Roman Coin Hoards (Coin Hoards from Roman Britian IX)
here's an unofficial example from the 1948 Freckenham hoard [ATTACH] Constantius II A.D. 348- 350 21mm 5.0g D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG;...
Constantine the Jedi [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Valens. A.D. 364-378. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left,...
I have done this before using a butter knife...once you get the hang of it, the pennies come out fairly easy.
the OP coin is definitely a cast fake...it was cast from a real coin.
this is an actual reverse type from Thessalonica with reverse legend of VIRT EXERC
I believe that I used electrolysis on this one.
I was looking through some stuff and remembered this coin that I cleaned last year; but I don't think I showed it off. It's a tougher coin to find...
I have had him on my fake sellers list since 26 Jan 2022
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