I've seen a few barbarous coins come up; got me inspired to kick off a theme thread! One of my first passions in ancients was barbarous coins,...
Did a little digging and confirmed my hunch that a deliberate cross found its way onto at least one pre-Edict of Milan coin:...
I wondered how long it would be before I saw him again :) Glad it's in a good home! And now I get to keep these two bad boys [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The cross was a symbol of Christianity since at least the second century, as pagan writers mocked them for the perceived similarity of barbarians...
Very interesting to see it on that first coin, @Marsyas Mike ! One thing I have always wondered is, are there any barbarous coins kicking around...
Had this coin for a couple years now, but figured you guys & gals would get a kick out of it Gallienus AE Antoninianus GALLIENVS AVG, radiate...
Yeesh, wrecking a $150 coin to try to make it into a $400 one... I sincerely hope this one gets taken down before it comes to hammer.
Always fascinating to see denarii that clearly circulated *long* after the person on it was dead. I had a nice, honestly worn Aelius, but...
And Zeno: [ATTACH] This tremissis is struck for Zeno, but I don't think it is a regular Constantinople issue. [ATTACH]
Some Leo's from the aforementioned CNG lot (I plan to upgrade to a nice tremissis or maybe solidus sometime) Lion reverse [ATTACH] Monogram (my...
Here is a page of genuine examples of your coin: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s7551.t.html - Your coin has no border around the legend -...
[IMG] Gentlemen.
Marcian [ATTACH] Actually picked up a lot of monogram coins from CNG about a year ago, right around the time the ebay market for them crashed...
Good points made, and I do agree with Doug's point that you never know what coins will "speak" to you until you find one! The suggestions I put...
Ancient coins are fun an addictive at any budget level, but be warned that: 1) There is no such thing as a perfect ancient, the closer you get,...
Actually an interesting point about the Koran... I recall that there are verses in there that define the value of dinars and dirhems in terms of...
Welcome! Eugenius is on my list, but I have never managed to snag a coin of his. I do have some usurpers that I can share later. Usurpers are...
Good quality coins of Valerian and Gallienus carry extremely steep premiums, but emperors like Gordian, Philip, Decius etc are perfectly...
This thread mostly stayed ahead of my efforts to sort and image my Romans, but I've enjoyed it from the sidelines. Now's as good a time as any I...
Good point, Doug. On wildwinds there are a number of both AVG and AVGG endings for Hostilian's stint as emperor, and RIC 208 seems to actually be...
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