"with a radiated head left facing on Hadrian his bust" it's on Hadrian's cuirass.
I already posted the type...yours looks like Valens though.
it looks like an Emperor holding a standard, of which there are several types. something similar to this-- [ATTACH]
Your coin has a laureate bust versus a diadem. For these Vetranio issues, Constantius II has a pearl diadem, while Vetranio is laureate, denoting...
there is nothing wrong with your coin, it is a nice example of this type.
nevermind
why do you think these coins are cast?
There are a couple of pages in Zosimus on him.
Jerry Walker pased away in 2008, but his wife continues to keep his Vcoins store open. http://www.coinbooks.com/esylum_v11n03a05.html If you...
The divus Constantine coins come in several flavors, below is another type http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/posthumous/ [ATTACH]...
Yes, Antioch 37 is right, the horses legs make no difference on the attribution.
You might like "Principal Coins of the Romans volume II The Principate 31 BC- AD 296" by R.A.G. Carson. It is only 167 pages, but has 1658...
Your coin is from Rome, the mintmark is RQ. It is RIC VI Rome 362a, minted in A.D. 313.
[ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 285 21x23mm 2.9gm IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust left. IOVI CONSERVAT; Jupiter stg. l.,...
The problem, though, is that you would have a hard time proving the coin was actually owned by JQA, as coins were added after his death by his family.
or given that the others in the legend look fine, it is just the result of the way it was struck or maybe a clogged die or even patina obscuring...
This article is an attempt at humor. Paul Barford is very much against ancient coin collectors.
I don't think that is a damnatio; but rather just a scratch or perhaps just a grafitto. Plenty of coins have scratches, but coins with the...
Antioch still occasionally used ΕΔ at later dates. The campgates below were issued A.D. 327- 328 and the VRBS is A.D. 330- 333. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Van Heesch talks about this a bit and narrows down the possible issue date. Antioch and Alexandria were in the diocese of Oriens and controlled by...
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