I think that Norm might be using the word "cheater" in reference to his coin being a fouree, rather than Sulla being a "cheater"
a good work on this topic- R. J. Brickstock,"Copies of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO Coinage in Britain" British Archeaological Reports (1987).
Your mintmark is ANBI and is from Antioch. It is a workshop not noted in RIC, but out of 15 possible workshops, only five were recorded in RIC...
unofficial VLPP were struck after the monetary reforms of 318 that introduced the official VLPP that had circa 4 percent silver. For some regions,...
You can narrow the workshop down by the letter on the altar- I on altar for off. A and B; and an S on altar for off. gamma,delta, and epsilon.
your coin is actually RIC VII Siscia 84, the mintmark is •∆SIS• I have several examples for comparison here-...
Yes indeed, I even have the Licinius on this page-- http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Rulers/Licinius%20I/
Your Constantine coin was struck at Constantinople A.D. 330- 335, sometime prior to the weight reduction of A.D. 335, when the number of nummus...
it's a posthumous Constantine I issue here's a recent thread- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/divus-constantine-i-manus-dei.292321/#post-2671266
I find it interesting that Constantine I, the first Christian emperor, was also the last Roman emperor to be deified on coinage. plus this is one...
It can be a tough one if you have not seen many examples, but there are actually more confusing bust types in RIC VII. Years ago I made some...
no, this coin is most definitely seen from back. If you are confused you can even look at the plate coin. The term "seen from the back" is not...
this coin has a seen from the back bust type
what is the criterion for 3 coins making a set for the GENIO type issued by Domitianus..only include the Augusti maybe, because they were also...
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The reverse of your coin is GLORIA EXERCITVS; Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on...
besides the emperor seated, there were two other reverse types in this series, only minted at Rome though. Divus Constantius A.D. 317- 318 DIVO...
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