Some coins were holed in order to be worn as jewelry. Fourrees were holed when identified in order to condemn them as not good money.
Now we know what the adjective "Byzantine" means when it comes to politics!
Here is a site on coins of Jovian including his VOTA pieces: http://esty.ancients.info/Jovian/Jovian.html
By the way, many magnifiers labeled "x5" are really just "x2". The manufacturers lie on the box. The magnifier really changes the linear size by a...
I recommend that when you get a name and alias to whom you are supposed to give something, search for their old posts to see what interests them....
Here is rest of the coin: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mint of Alexandria.
Whoever slabbed it paid more for the slabbing than the coin is worth raw.
The trees over the "hut" are supposedly different at different mints. Okay, here is a hut. What is its mint? (I'll show it after a few guesses.)...
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[ATTACH] A mold of a large Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier spearing horseman. See the site in my previous post.
This note is about changes to the second link about molds (below). I have a site on ancient imitations: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ We have...
Trajan (98-117 AD), AR 19, 3.33 grams. Struck c. 113-114 at Bostra, Arabia (southernmost Syria, very near Jordan). [ATTACH] Greek legend (below)....
Occasionally Constantius II comes in super grade: [ATTACH] The early Christian reverse HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS ("With the sign, you will be...
Hey med, lend me your gold Elagabalus and I'll photograph it and put it into the quiz. I might be a bit slow in returning it, though.
The Emesa stone reverse of Elagabalus says "ELAGABAL" which would serve as a nice hint.
I have an easier quiz on my page: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html It shows reverses of Roman coins and asks you to identify the...
Someone mentioned rarity and value. I wrote an article on that in 2001 and I still stand by those thoughts. Here it is on the web:...
As you know, RIC stands for "Roman Imperial Coinage" so provincials with Greek legends do not count as "Not in RIC."
doucet, is your CONSTANTINOPOLI coin not RIC Constantinople 63, page 579, officina IA?
It is interesting that counterfeiters began working not long after the invention of coinage. Here is an ancient fake of the siglos type: [ATTACH]...
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