Visit Rome and you can walk along the Roman Forum. Here is a picture of the Forum taken last November from the Palatine Hill above the Forum....
That Diocletian is a fake and I wrote them about it twice. After the first time they noted the reverse was a type of Jovian. The second time I...
I agree that the symbol on the coin in this post above: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beautiful-byzantines.352446/page-12#post-4879515 is a...
If you want at least one Roman imperial coin of everybody you will have difficulty getting a coin of Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III who reigned...
[ATTACH] Yes. When I bought it in 2000 I thought this one was rare, which compensated for its poor condition.
The FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman type is extremely common, but almost never in excellent condition for Julian II. When I...
Alfred Duggan is an excellent author with numerous historical novels set in the Greek, Roman, and medieval periods. Knight with Armour (1946)...
Collecting Roman coinage lends itself to creating your own mini-theme. You have chosen are really interesting theme and have made a good start...
Trajan (98-117) issued many types that make reference to historical events, including his bloodless annexation of Arabia in 106. I have a web site...
Plus, there is a cross above the head, a scarcer variety. I have a friend who collected cross-above-head Byzantine coins and I wrote a website on...
[ATTACH] Severus II as Caesar, 1 May 305 - 25 July 306 28 mm. RIC VI Carthage 40a (same type as the coin in the original post) Bought in 1999...
Thank you very much. I appreciate your expertise.
@Limes , that's a very nice writeup. Here is another type of D. Junius Brutus Albinus. This one is Crawford 450/3a whereas the original-post...
I'd be interested to hear from you about the dates you would assign the the VENVS GENETRIX types I showed.
Near the end of the reign of Caracalla in 217 the VENVS GENETRIX design was struck as both denarii and antoniniani for Julia Domna. [ATTACH]...
Sometimes rarity is what adds interest to a coin. However, rarity is not necessary for a coin to be interesting. The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type is very...
It is a tourist cast fake of a Greek type. Even the tourist shops in Pompeii are more likely to sell reproductions of Roman types. It is unlikely...
I wouldn't usually choose "black" but I have one: [ATTACH] Faustina II. 18-17 mm. 3.23 grams. Struck under Antoninus Pius 148-152 at Rome....
Go to voins https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/ancient-2.aspx and search on CONS* EXERCITVS You will get hit on 800 similar coins. The obverse...
I think the word "church" should be replaced by "temple." He was not raiding accumulated Christian treasures, rather accumulated pagan treasures....
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