Your first coin is from Nicomedia and I think that the second is Heraclea.
Sometimes coins rotate in and out of my collection. I think there are some slabbed ones on eBay.
Over the years I have had coins from quite a few different hoards, I currently have several from the Bishop's Wood hoard of 1895. These I leave in...
You are overcomplicating it. Speaking specifically on the coin of which I was speaking and only that coin, it is easy-- the reverse legend ends...
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 312- 313 21mm 4.7g IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. HERCVLI VICTORI; Hercules...
several other threads https://www.cointalk.com/threads/renewal-of-restrictions-on-coins-from-italy-cpac-meeting.362358/page-3#post-4597497...
Your coin is not from the tetrarchy though.
Doug I will try to remember to check, but my German is very poor, having only studied one year in grad school. On a related note, I did talk my...
on the topic of beards and pagansim in the 4th century, I wonder if Procopius was double-dipping- a little pagan, a little Christian. [ATTACH]
Panegyrics, by their nature, should be read skeptically and taken with a grain of salt. In this same panegyric, Libanius not only says that...
Libanius did say the island had rebelled; though according to him, the rebels had simmered down shortly before Constans set sail. Of course,...
Sleep well then, for Konrad Kraft in his article I cited above, also argued that the Hut FTR coins were issued to commemorate the A.D. 342...
If you would like, I will send you some much nicer LRB's, just PM me your address.
It's a fun series to collect and lots of little details to look for. Sometimes you can find examples with figureheads on the galley...I sold this...
here's one with a bit of rainbow toning [ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus A.D. 251- 253 AR Antoninianus 21x22mm 3.3gm IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS...
to complement the recent post of jamesicus on Romans who campaigned in Britain, some info about what might otherwise seem to be a series of common...
here's another topic on this -- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/renewal-of-restrictions-on-coins-from-italy-cpac-meeting.362358/
No, I am not taking a side, my position is merely if you cite a reference use that reference. So if you use a RIC number, your mint is Rome...no...
Sear explains this (page 363)-- RIC attributes all precious metal to Rome while CBN prefers to assign them to Lugdunum. CBN is Catalog of coins of...
my first step, is to check the reference :)
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