Yep. It is a nice elephant coin. Here are a couple of my most recent ancient elephant coins. The elephant with the plaid/waffle/cuirass...
Check that. It is the man's thumb tip that is off the flan.
I hope nobody took colect89's comment about the coin being off center seriously. Only the man's knuckle is off the flan for gosh sakes. The...
Groovy. Tomorrow (Friday) at noon someone can begin posting H. P.S. I was able to get this edit in after seeing Bing & Steve6x posts. I just...
Hello Coins776, Don't give up on interesting ancient coins too quickly. Check-out this ancient coin recently posted at CoinTalk. It is sweet....
Ummm. This is a really big, high quality winner. Bravo.
Keep the Gs coming. What do you say we change to H this afternoon just to keep this thread moving at this great speed? Perhaps Windchild will...
It appears to be mint state (maybe MS64 or better?). Please take good care of the coin so that future generations can see it in this high grade...
It's too bad you couldn't find a coin with better centering where the hand & spear doesn't run off the planchet.:rolleyes: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Coincidentally, the word of the day from DrGoodWord today was PAREIDOLIA Pronunciation: pær-ai-DO-lee-ê Part of Speech: Noun, mass Meaning: The...
BTW, I was going to guess EF40 but the choice for 45 was listed as XF45 instead of EF45. I thought perhaps "XF" was a clue so I took a stab at...
I agree that the ICCS grade is conservative. I would probably keep it in the ICCS slab. It is a great grading conversation piece.
Keep the Gs coming. What do you say we change to H this afternoon just to keep this thread moving at this great speed?
Just a little more information for the OP- On the obverse you can read CONSTAN to the left side of the head. The name continues on the right...
I would like to complement Tim Detecto on the quality photos in the OP. I appreciate posts with nice clear photos. My photos posted in the last...
John Anthony answered your question. Constantinius II coins are ca. A.D. 337-361. It appears to be a genuine Roman bronze coin.
Nice coins. I once sent a Tombac 5 cent coin to be slabbed. As I recall the coin was quite pricey in MS65+ so I took a shot at getting a 65. It...
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