TIF just posted a Constantine coin with an old Sear certificate and here is a Gallienus with certificate from the same seller. [ATTACH]...
it Caracalla ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. FELICITAS AVGG; Felicitas standing facing, head l., holding...
the woman on the back is actually the Tyche of the city, which is why she is turreted, and she represents the destiny of the city; which the...
That's one of my favorite types also. my page on these- http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/ when I actively collected them, I tried...
I have this little question on my webpage- “without Constantine would Christianity have flourished?” http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/
You sure seem to think you know a lot about Constantine. For many years it was popular to dismiss Eusebius, since he does wax poetic about...
it is not unusual for Heraclea.
According to Eusebius, Constantine was “matched by none in grace and beauty of form, or in tallness, and so surpassing his contemporaries in...
it's part of the DIVI series that Constantine I issued to honor his deceased relatives- Constantius I (his father) Maximianus (his father-in-law)...
Yes, the HA is not very reliable, but in this circumstance, the story originated from Constantine himself. He issued a series of posthumous coins...
The Historia Augusta makes the claim that the mother of Constantius I was a niece of Claudius II and Quintillus. Modern historians think that this...
I have one of those and it will do a fine job once you get the hang of it.
After short soaks in acetone, I also scrub with a nylon brush. I use a denture brush as it has very tough bristles and will not scratch the coin....
there is another hypothesis that it came from the Bible- "until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot" Matthew 5:18
if you soaked it for 90 minutes in acetone and it did not come off, it might not be artificial. Usually 10-15 minutes will dissolve these fake...
The abbreviations are collections...L stands for L(ondon) British Museum; V stands for V(ienna) and Ox. stands for Ox(ford) Ashmolean Museum.
not just Eusebius, but also directly according to letters written by Constantine and indirectly by many of his actions...for example, compare the...
Doesn't everyone? :)
I have an unofficial issue circa A.D. 320 that looks uniface, but may have just been weakly struck [ATTACH]
a $100 dollar coin today, similarly priced 20 years ago, would be about $65.
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