I won't guess, because I was watching.
Yes, it is a fake. I made a topic about it two months ago. https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/index.php/topic,1897.0.html here is the same...
sorry, but your coin is a modern fake
[ATTACH] Maximinus II A.D. 308 25mm 5.9gm GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right. VIRTVS MILITVM; camp-gate with portcullis...
You should check out Dane's excel lists. You can filter results, for example, with this coin after filtering the obverse legend and bust type, you...
here's some info on Diocletian’s “Edict of Maximum Prices” issued in A.D. 301 http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/edict/
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look here for a reason-- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/from-a-to-z-and-orange-to-yellow.290945/
they are a bit tougher to find, but not impossible. my example- [ATTACH]
Thank you Glenn...I completely agree. Though I only have about 20 examples, this one is easily my favorite.
on some ancients you can get a rainbow toning, though nothing as dramatic as that Morgan which had to be facilitated. [ATTACH] a little toning,...
I've got the same RIC number with an unusual plaited laurel tie running across the shoulder. He's also got a bit of the fierce eyebrow going on....
it's pretty sharp...congrats
not Severus, but I just picked this piece up because I am drinking and Constantius so looks like John Belushi with the arched eyebrow...Brothers...
thanks all...this is my new favorite coin-- until the next one
I don't know about a recent push, but there is an article from 1968 on this subject-- Cope, L. H. “The Argentiferous Bronze Alloys of the Large...
For me, a big part of collecting ancients is patience. I have been looking for some types for decades; so a mere five weeks wait for this one in...
lots of LRBs have trace amounts of iron. here's a page with an analysis of the composition of alloys-...
thank you very much...I have a few more I will spread out over the evenings as I am drinking and videogaming. :happy:
I expect I could do it, but I am drinking and playing videogames, so my hands are full. Hopefully someone will know who this guy is at 16mm and...
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