@panzerman , you are right according to Sear, where it is Sear 1463 under "Anastasius II, Artemius" (713-715). (He does not list an "Anastasius...
That is a great coin with an interesting history. The XVI mark is still mysterious. If you want to know a bit more about X vs XVI look here:...
Almost all of mine are in the bank in boxes in flips except for some of the most-recent purchases. The few coins at home are in Abafil trays. For...
The soldier cannot be Maximinus. Maximinus was a later emperor from 235-238. There is no chance he would be on a coin from 30 years earlier.
Here is my site on the quadrans denomination: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ The quadrans denomination is scarce and usually without an...
It has been a long time since CT has had a thread on FEL TEMP REPARATIO "hut" types. This one came today: [ATTACH] 21 mm. SMKB for Cyzicus...
I bought the four De Witt catalogs shortly after they came out directly from Kunker, even though I don't collect medieval coins. I bought them...
The full name of Macrinus includes OPELLlVS and he took also the name SEVERVS which those letters abbreviate. It is Macrinus.
Some anonymous folles ["Class I"] have been attributed to the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III (1078-1081). He has one other follis type that is...
Centering is part of the strike. It cannot be a perfect strike unless it is very well-centered.
I think it includes everything Pausanias saw on his grand tour, organized by city. He wrote in the late second century AD. I don't know where...
F. Imhoof-Blumer and P. Gardner wrote Ancient coins Illustrating Lost Masterpieces of Ancient Art: A numismatic Commentary on Pausanias, which was...
Another thread has considered the meaning of FDC, fleur de coin, flower of the die. That coin fits the bill, doesn't it?
I wonder if the scale used gives only results as a multiple of .05 so weight like 4.53 could not be displayed. 4.55 is a bit heavy but maybe it...
@the professor , I have a page about selling ancient coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/howtos.html If you have further questions, you can...
They look fine to me. They do not look at all like fourrees. However, here have been very deceptive forgeries of late Roman gold as Sayles notes...
@calcol , it may be that the seller also sells off of eBay, say at shows. When he goes to a show with his stock he tells eBay the coins are...
"L" is the Egyptian symbol for "year". "A" is 1 in Greek. So your coin was struck in year 1 of his reign under the Egyptian calendar, which rolled...
[ATTACH] Here is one with ROMA raised, not incuse. 23 mm. 6.40 grams. Crawford 29/3. Struck 215-212 BC. Sear 32.
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