The OP coin has reference ID RIC VI Thessalonica 61b "c. 312-313." The reason he has a beard is the mint was under the control of Licinius, not...
I have the "Collection Claudius Côte" sale "Monnies de Tarente" offered by Ratto in 1929. There are many varieties of the "boy on a dolphin" basic...
My preference is to give the largest and smallest "diameters" to the nearest mm. If I say a coin is "21-19 mm," you know it is slightly out of...
For Maximinus, year 4 (TRP IIII) is the rarest of that type. Your example is outstanding. Here is my page on the coins of Maximinus Thrax with...
and make the point very well. They really do look alike, don't they!
I added some denarii of Caracalla (196-217) to my site, Augustus Coins (at the top): http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Look closely at them....
Roman Coins and Their Values, by David Sear had, through the fourth single-volume edition, for each emperor a table of dates for all the TRP...
Yes. In RIC volume IV, part I, on pages 248-252, there are 8 antoninianus types with the same explicit year-18 legend. Look for the TRP XVIII. It...
We had a good thread on Caracalla a while back: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-roman-portrait-caracalla.323539/ The thrust of this...
I got this argenteus from the recent Leu web auction 5. [ATTACH] Constantius I, 293-306 18 mm. 2.87 grams. Struck as Caesar. CONSTANTI-VS...
I started this thread by announcing a web site on Byzantine anonymous folles. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/ Almost all the site is...
The scale (balance) on your Republican coin is wonderful! I look forward to the writeup. Any AEQVITAS can have a crude balance: [ATTACH] Philip...
Here is a slabbed Vetranio (March 25 - Dec. 25, 350), less than one year. Heritage just sold one for $384:...
Agreed!
I thought the line across the top of Roman numerals meant they were to be interpreted as numerals, as opposed to be interpreted as letters.
I added a few coins to my site. Augustus Coins: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html [ATTACH] Geta, 198-209-212 19 mm. Denarius P SEPT GETA CAES...
Either way, the images of the metal bars, new and older, is interesting. I didn't know tin turns toward black. I'd like to see their copper bar at...
@Gary Waddingham , thanks for the interesting post with good images. John I was the Byzantine emperor who initiated the "anonymous follis"...
If the old days auction firms could list coins as "sold" that did not really sell, thus increasing the apparent value of the coin and type. I...
True, but it seems the norm for US coins. This is a good reason to consider collecting ancient coins. The concept of quality is important in...
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