I like the historical German-victory reverse. There is a pamphlet by Alfoldi, "The numbering of the victories of the emperor Gallienus and the...
The Julian "bull" types comes with an eagle on the ground to the right only at Constantina (= Arelate = Arles) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 27 mm. 7.30...
I recommended some books on architectural types. Now one of the most interesting, "Price and Trell," is for sale in the next CNG e-auction....
I like the interesting architectural type of the OP. Some people collect architectural types and some sale catalogs emphasize them. My "Catalog...
I have a page of "Greek" coins for sale: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Greek.html I lowered the prices substantially, so if you collect...
Grierson wrote a pamphlet and a big book by the same name, "Byzantine Coins." Do not confuse this download, the pamphlet, with the real book...
I had Hunter volumes III, IV, and V. Years ago Volume V (Tetrarchy and later) was one of the best for images of late Roman coins and it had some...
There were some nice coins with three standards. I'll raise to four standards. [ATTACH] Marcinus, 217-218 18 mm. 3.40 grams. IMP C M OPEL SEV...
The mintmark is TES for Thessalonica.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Caria, Satrap Hecatomnus, 395-377 BC Tiny 0.45 grams AR8. Struck in Mylasa [Konuk] Lion's head left, roaring/Lion's head from...
Vetranio, who reigned only 9 months in 350 AD, March 1 - December 25. His rarest AE2 type, among three. 23 mm. 5.48 grams. Note: This is NOT the...
The third image has a nice metallic quality. The others may show details, but they don't have the color and reflectivity of the silver the same...
Sicily III: Syracuse-Siceliotes (Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 5, by Denyse Berend....
Here is a large Claudius sestertius with a countermark from "the early years of Nero" [BMC p.xxxi] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Very large at 36 mm and...
There is a book, "Dated Coins of Antiquity" by Edward E. Cohen, that discusses almost all explicitly dated Greek (not Roman) types from antiquity...
Some types are much less rare than they used to be and sometimes a type that was rare in 1990 is worth far less now than it was then. Here is a...
Here is one more. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As many have observed, it is very hard to get a trachy with a good strike, but this issue has some relatively...
Hadrian, as. Struck 132-134. [ATTACH] 26-24 mm. 12.30 grams. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS CLEMENTIA AVG COS III PP BMC 1436, an imperial virtue. Sear...
The slice marks on the back of the head and in the veil don't look like deposits. They look like the slices exposed copper beneath. Let us know...
I think it is a fourree, an ancient imitation.
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