it a POP ROMANVS from Constantinople. The reverse is upside down, but the mintmark is CONSA (or H). It's in RIC VIII, but should be in RIC VII, as...
two small points the term mule has been used several times. these coins are neither mules nor hybrids, but regular issues. In ancients, mules...
this is a scarcer variety with two flags on the vexillum, versus one on center only. [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 312-313 22mm 4.1gm IMP C...
I was looking through BnF and they have this AD countermark but only have (?) for translation, so Giard didn't know or want to guess.
Hello shipmate. I spent 7 years in...best times serving as a brown shirt (plane captain) in VA-75 deployed aboard the USS Kennedy. 1990- 1991--...
the phoenix represents rebirth and this reverse was issued around the time of the eleven hundredth anniversary of the founding of Rome
@Dadandmearchaeology "I wanted to make sure the sources listed above are still the best resources for us to go on a make believe archaeological...
rather than a phoenix standing on a pile of rocks, I think that it might be a phoenix emerging from the pyre.
Estiot has two other books on Aurelian-- La Venèra and BnF XII; which I have; but have not translated the pertinent bits as they are in Italian...
here's a coin from the National Archives of Georgia King George IV of Georgia, struck 1210 A.D. [ATTACH] and another example [ATTACH]
stamped metal collectible
The change in size wasn't gradual, it was the result of a coin reform. The A.D. 330- 335 period set 132 coins per pound. In A.D. 336, this changed...
Yes, I think you are right with K Γ An example I had with a poorly engraved K Δ [ATTACH]
the mintmark is •SMKΔ
It a nice example, but your coin has an inverted spear rather than scepter. You can see the head of the spear (V-shaped) that meets the ground.
there are silver cistophoric tetradrachms from Pergamum with a reverse of the temple of Roma and Augustus and legend of COM(mune) ASIAE. this type...
Your coin is Commodus with a reverse of Victory setting a shield on palm. Though I can’t make out your legends completely, compare with the coin...
I am hoping that it will clean up quite a bit, but until I have the coin in hand, I will reserve judgement...but I am looking forward to seeing it.
Yes, I won it...sorry to have to bid against forum members though. The Brutus was definitely the star of the group, though several others are...
it's a B for sure.
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