This is my favorite Aureolus: [ATTACH]
Yes, I remember Mr. Holderman from FORVM. I think I also bought from him 9-10yrs ago when I was interested in uncleaneds. Hope he's alright.
Being superstitious is bad luck. Excellent coin and very interesting re-usage.
I like these large and chunky LRBs and although they are rather scarce and under-studied, somehow they don't get too much interest from collectors...
I can imagine. But one cannot go against the law of unintended consequences. But newcomers into the niche is also a blessing in disguise as it...
Since I'm a member here I've seen so many eastern Severan denarii that I'm starting to develop an interest in this niche. This one looks better...
It sure is a wonderful coin, it's just that considering rarity and all I didn't expect to see another one that soon :)
Another just sold at Kunker last Friday: https://www.kuenker.de/en/auktionen/stueck/104193
I will need to correct myself also, as of last year, there are 3 coins of Flavia Maxima Helena known, so that one ROMA sold is no longer a unique...
A small correction - the Helena depicted on your coin is not Julian's wife but rather Constantine's mother. There is however a coin presumably...
Rated R for graphic violence :)
Marvelous examples everyone, but that octodrachm takes the cake. Spectacular in both scarcity and condition!
Aw, I completely forgot about Aureolus. Although issued for a relatively short period, his coins are not that rare though.
I just posted yesterday a Maximus of Barcino (https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-maiorina-of-maximus-of-barcino.269168/). Besides that I can think...
Thank you for your appreciation. What I find both interesting and confusing about the 5th century coinage is that many of these issues are...
Maximus was a brief usurper in Spain, who controlled mostly the area around Barcino (modern day Barcelona) but had some degree of control over...
To keep track of my research I wrote a website-like platform that runs from my localhost and has coins, reference articles/books/links, personal...
Here's Ops from Antoninus Pius, arguably one of his scarcest denarius reverses. Note the short legend OPI AVG: [ATTACH]
An Ops from Pertinax is not something you usually come across. It has both scarce emperor appeal AND very scarce reverse deity appeal....
Even rarer than Tacitus's left busts :3
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