That's the type I wrote about in the OP post, with the green patina. Thanks for showing them. I wonder if anyone has one in good shape. Nice FTR...
One coin type that was often imitated in ancient times was the very common ancient coin "soldier spearing fallen horseman" (SSFH) with legend FEL...
Just so you know what the previous posters mean, casts like this one are fakes.
That's a beauty and a rare one! Constantine from a far eastern mint and the "BONO" type. That type is almost always for Maximinus II. Having it...
[ATTACH] Gordian III, 238-244 23-21 mm. 4.47 grams. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG FORTVNA REDVX Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia,...
Doug, that's a wonderful group! The second last looks a bit like Pescennius Niger. I wonder if it was found near Antioch.
Vespasian, a Flavian emperor, founded Flaviapolis in Cilicia Pedias (the eastern part of Cilicia, and inland), according to A.H.M. Jones in The...
Yes. Even the OP coin is a hybrid.
Fourrés are ancient counterfeits of silver coins (or gold coins) made by wrapping a thin silver (gold) foil around a base metal (usually copper)...
I wonder who told you that. It is clearly clipped. Solidi from that period always weigh more, as you note, unless they are clipped. Professional...
It is edited by Butcher. Here is the Table of contents (taken from Amazon): Table of Contents Introduction Kevin Butcher PART I COIN...
Here is one from Hadriani ad Olympum, Asia, Conventus of Adramyteum. (The present Orhaneli, about 45 miles straight south of Istanbul, on the Asia...
[ATTACH] Arcadius. 14-13 mm. 1.46 grams. The mintmark seems to be CONΓ possibly followed by a dot, but the dot may be a foot of the captive. The...
I am announcing a new web page on types with GENIO in the legend during and after the period of the First Tetrarchy (The First Tetrarchy was from...
[ATTACH] Antiochus III, 223-187 BC. 27 mm. 16.86 grams. Sear Greek 6934 Seleucid Empire, volume 2, 237, has a similar portrait. "223-211/210."
The OP Valens is so rare I think his number should be zero! :)
I added a dozen Roman coins today to the top of http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Also, I reduced the prices on almost all the unsold coins on...
Philip I, the Arab, 244-249, at Philippopolis, 247-249. [ATTACH] 19 mm. 4.93 grams. AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Marcus Julius...
For me, the new coin is better. Sorry about the "O". @dougsmit is right. For example, many Byzantine copper types are poorly produced with...
I think the photos are upside down. It might be GERMANICUS AE dupondius. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus in...
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