Here are some coins from Rome with a curious cryptogram in the mintmark. [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 320 19mm 3.6gm CONSTANTINVS AVG;...
I've only got two Empresses in my collection [ATTACH] Helena A.D. 318- 319 18mm 3.1g HELENA N F; draped bust right. REV: eight rayed ✶ in...
before and after light cleaning [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am missing Maximianus from the SE-F series. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The title of this thread is ambitious. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson "Without ambition one starts nothing" and Constantine lived up to his...
It's a similar concept that this reverse implemented with the old legend of FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN. Each member of the Tetrarchy (Diocletian,...
I just got this awesome addition to my Carthage collection. There are several reasons why it is special. 1. It's Constantine as Caesar. Maxentius...
1623 is actually the modern era.
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some auctions with price realized [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] same coin as the first example...it went unsold this time with an opening of 30...
Crete, Polyrhenium. Drachm. c. 330-270 BC. Drachm, 6.07g (11h). Obv: ΠOΛ - YPHN - IΩN Bull's head facing, bound with fillet. Rx: ΠOΛY - PHNI to...
The temple of Venus and Roma, which was built during the reign of Hadrian, was damaged by fire in A.D. 307 and restored by Maxentius. A large...
Yes, I wondered if perhaps a mint worker did this because he did not like Constantine.
This Constantine I brockage has a line under the reverse bust. For some obscure reason, somebody did this to the flan before striking; and yes,...
Yes, it is most of my collection. I also have several hundred more unofficial coins that I keep in a binder.
They can't be errors since they were done on purpose. A few of my favorites-- [ATTACH] Dependent Emirate. Conquest or Umayyad Emirate, A.D....
1. Constantine I from Rome 2. The reverse is VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN; so either Constantius II or Constans...the legend looks more like Constans....
here's a good site for Ptolemaic Bronze http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html
It looks official. These small Val III bronzes always look fairly crude. For comparison, here are three examples that I sold-- [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The green is called bronze disease and it will destroy a coin. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bronze%20disease%20treatment
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