when researching ancient coins (or anything) always keep occam's razor in mind- "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions...
you know the saying "anything is possible" but there is another saying -- "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
the male type is often referred to as being Vercingetorix. It is not a coincidence at all when taken in context of what was happening at the...
The obverse is described as "Head of Gallia" in references. The most classes I ever took in a semester was six...I was at school from 9 am to 9...
it's a Bronze anonymous follis, class G it was struck during the reign of Romanus IV, A.D. 1068- 1071
No, it's not mine. I think that I scanned the picture from a book.
my favorite type from Jovian-- Jovian A.D. 363- 364 25x27mm 8.0gm DN IOVIANVS P F P P AVG- rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right....
from an earlier post-- the medallion from Rome commemorating the Danube bridge-- [ATTACH]
but isn't this the ancient coins board?
be careful with the bull coins...recently a "hoard" of fake Cyzicus coins have been introduced, many on eBay by sellers like saxbys-coins. They...
The bull coinage apparently upset some of his Christian subjects. The people of Antioch even demonstrated against him “shouting…that his coinage...
...is it fiction that Salem plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150422-ancient-egypt-artifact-repatriation-looting-archaeology-smuggling-antiquities-mummy/
he is apparently doing very well with his sales...he even had 14 orange coins in ROMA XIII and received a special thanks. [ATTACH]
why does the coin have to be associated with Rome?
they write that it is not the god Mars, but "an astrological representation of the planet Mars." Many examples noted of manuscripts, metalworks...
I am glad that you are enjoying them and I hope that you will continue enjoying this hobby for many years.
you can't get a more modest price than zero
Your coin is RIC IV Rome 27b
welcome to the hobby...but the word has been out for years.
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