Tempting :greedy: It seems there was not as much interest in Ostrogothic coinage in 1920. $4.50 in 1920 adjusted to 2022 is $66.38...and I paid...
The XL is probably just sloppy engraving. The IIII is the workshop.
I also have an example from Athalaric. Mine has an S-C on reverse showing that the Senate had permission to strike coinage. [ATTACH] Athalaric....
Yes, the municipal coinage is chunky. Here is another example [ATTACH] Ostrogoths, Pseudo-Autonomous Æ Nummus (24mm 11.3g 12h). Struck during...
This is my latest wolf and twins, issued some 200 years after the more common Late Roman wolf and twins. This was also the last gasp of the Roman...
I'm starting to think that the seller is a reprobate seller of fake coins...Oh My ;)
Me in 1991, looking forward to shore leave in Jeddah (and Turkey and Egypt) [ATTACH]
I was also there in 91 and then worked as a contractor in Taif and Riyadh in 2008-9
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? I've been there several times...lovely city.
the seller is notorious for selling fakes. I have had him on my fake seller's list for a couple of years...
It isn't a heroic bust because Gordian III is clearly cuirassed.
I'd say they were copying a gold coin [ATTACH] https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces46601.html
I don't pay much attention to attribution of coins that I am bidding on.
My grandfather died while my grandmother was expecting, so my father never even met him. It's strange, none of the family really knew him, but I...
I think this is my smallest LRB with something clearly recognizable. This coin is 7mm and weighs .6g. and has a pretty clear Chi-Rho on the...
Hello Mike an earlier topic on this that you missed https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eid-mar-aureus-at-nac-132.396998/
"Most Roman coin types have a consistent die axis of either 0 or 180 degrees. Athenian tetradrachms almost always have a die rotation of 270...
In A.D. 312, after the defeat of Maxentius by Constantine, several coin types were issued from London to commemorate the victory and celebrate the...
here's one that I guess was modified for use as a sieve. [ATTACH] Magnentius A.D. 350-3 25x27mm 8.7g D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed,...
I have a small collection of odd Roman coins and here's my latest-- a Constantine I with Sol reverse that has been modified for use as a...? 2.8g...
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