If you are using lye, you may as well strip the coin down to bare metal. You will get better results with the Jax.
It's Thessalonica, the mintmark is SMTSE
terrible fakes from a known fake seller. he used to call himself antik-forum15
That's Valentinian I
The 12.5 fractional radiates are not only issued from Cyzicus, but from all the mints controlled by Licinius (A.D. 321- 324)-- Heraclea,...
Sorry for the confusion...I was talking about Inspector43's coin.
I believe that's a flan crack rather than a die crack.
there are not any.
except that Davis would have never called himself president of the United States; while each Roman usurper did call himself Emperor and, at least...
there is a primary source, which I believe I have posted before that specifically states "reduced to the half of a nummus" Letter in Archive of...
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 312- 313 22x23mm 4.1g CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. SECVRITAS AVGG; Securitas standing...
When talking about the Byzantine Empire, I have always thought it is less important what we call them and more important what they called...
This coin has the short reverse legend; which means it is RIC 95.
There is always a difference in these details, unless it is a die match, but that does not affect the RIC number. In RIC VII, your coin is a D2...
it's RIC VII Trier 341, minted in A.D. 322
Here's a four turreted campgate from Rome with an unlisted workshop [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 318- 319 19x20mm 3.3g CONSTANTINVS AVG;...
I have quite a few die matches...I'm not sure how many. I have one set of 5 double die matches and one set of four.
there is an old saying in numismatics "buy the book before the coin" I would suggest some introductory reading on ancient numismatics like Wayne...
I thought that it was the smaller module. RIC 199 is larger, so yours is RIC VIII Siscia 238.
You could email and ask them to be completely clear.
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