here's a rarer example [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 307- 308 23x26mm 5.2gm IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and draped bust right, seen from...
here's a Trajan I just got that has a nice portrait. [ATTACH]
I was wondering if someone would show any interest in why there was only one G. There is more that the use of a single G tells us about this coin,...
You can check his feedback and see that he only started selling ancients about 6 months ago. He has also bought coins from many sellers on eBay...
What changed? This guy has been a fake seller for a while. You can make up scenarios, but this person has sold, and continues to sell, fakes. He...
This perhaps says more about the senate of Rome, who commisioned the work, than it does about Constantine.
but as I just posted, he is a known seller of fakes...so his reputation is not that great anyway. You can google "hovav2005 fake seller"
Why bid on anything sold by a known fake seller? He is also only following two people on eBay-- one is another known fake seller. Surprise there...
I was not going to comment on rarity, but this coin is pretty rare because of the reverse legend ending in AVG versus the normal AVGG. However...
note that the reverse ends in AVG versus AVGG Licinius I A.D. 316- 317 IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG; laureate head right. IOVI CONSERVATORI...
It's Gratian with a GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse (Emperor dragging captive) and though hard to make out, looks like it is from Siscia.
nevermind
If there is enough of the border of the coin present (which even the coin with ragged flan has plenty) you can use a protractor/ compass and...
I have a page that talks about this http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/metallurgy/ and here is a page that links to the article by Vlachou,...
Your coin is Constantine II. It's easy to tell because Constantine I did not use the obverse legend of P F AVG. He had the obverse legend of MAX...
Yes, that is the best way. When I list them, I put "FEL TEMP horseman" in the title or "FEL TEMP galley" or "FEL TEMP captives" etc.
here's a campgate which is probably unofficial. It is a Valentinian III CASTRA (cf RIC X 2160) except the reverse legend is KA TRA [ATTACH]
I don't mind at all. Here is an unofficial Magnentius I sold last year. It is copying a very type. The mintmark TR means it was copying a Trier...
Not if you served in the military. The format was generally dd mmm yyyy
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