All radiates with XXI are pre-reform. The follis with XXI you showed is not radiate. All folles are post-reform (The reform introduced the follis...
Perhaps B NE is for two (B) times Neocorate (NE), two temples to the imperial cult. That honor is not infrequently mentioned on provincial coins.
I added some Magnentius and Gallus pieces to my page, including some remarkable full-sized ancient imitations:...
That coin is a follis (aka nummis) and is post-reform. In fact, it is the new reform denomination that did have some silver in the alloy. The new...
The post-reform radiate denomination had no intentional silver. If someone has a "silvered" example, it must have been silvered in modern times....
Do you study coin types you don't own and don't hope to own? I study coin types a lot, but mostly those I own or hope to own.
We coin collectors are a small fraction of the population. Woman make up less than half of coin collectors. The chances your granddaughter will...
[ATTACH] 22-21 mm. 4.20 grams. This one seems to be a "fallen" horseman as opposed to a "falling" horseman. Do I detect a Trier mintmark? There...
I like full size imitations: [see the next post for an image]
Each one of those is a treasure! Wonderful! I wonder if ancient provincial people had religions where these types had real meaning. A modern...
I would tell the show organizer and the hotel that I found a dropped coin and give them contact information, but make the claimant describe it. It...
What an interesting type! Thanks for showing and telling. If I had that coin I would put it on my "unique" page of reverses that are unique to a...
Here is a "heroic" bust: [ATTACH] Probus, 276-282 23 mm. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate bust left seen from the rear with spear forward and aegis...
I pronounce Julius Caesar with a soft C (like "see" or "sea") which is how we do it in American. However, I have been told that it was more like...
On the give-each-vowel-its-due principle, I say mo-EE-si-ah for Moesia. A few on that pronunciation site did, most didn't....
Don't worry about it. Different pronunciations are accepted. I stopped worrying in 1986. There was an International Numismatic Congress in London...
Almost, but not quite. There are rare silver quinarii and occasional smaller AE coins, like the "denarius" under Aurelian (270-275): [ATTACH] 18...
In the mail today I got a triobol (= hemidrachm, because there are six obols in a drachm) of Alexander the Great. It is small. But, it is hard to...
We have had many threads with advice for beginners. Here is a site with lots of ideas (but, mostly Roman): http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ and here...
I started this thread with the title "How we detect fakes." I meant, as I said, the "we" to be those of us on the Yahoo CoinForgeryDiscussionList...
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