Remember though, that the Constantine type was likely inspired by Alexander the Great coins.
In your description, you have palm branch in each hand, which is the RIC description; but if you look closely you will note that the branches are...
this one is from Constantinople, the smaller flan (little room for legend) makes it crowded and it looks like the bust is bigger. Hopefully your...
You should never respond to threads that you are angry about...which, I know is easier said than done. Report threads if you have a problem. You...
two recentish acquisitions [ATTACH] Probus A.D. 276- 282 Ӕ Antoninianus 21mm 4.2g IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed...
they originated in Canada
CHAMPLAIN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Champlain Port of Entry Cargo Facility recently discovered seven Sasanian...
Your first coin is from Nicomedia and I think that the second is Heraclea.
Sometimes coins rotate in and out of my collection. I think there are some slabbed ones on eBay.
Over the years I have had coins from quite a few different hoards, I currently have several from the Bishop's Wood hoard of 1895. These I leave in...
You are overcomplicating it. Speaking specifically on the coin of which I was speaking and only that coin, it is easy-- the reverse legend ends...
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 312- 313 21mm 4.7g IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. HERCVLI VICTORI; Hercules...
several other threads https://www.cointalk.com/threads/renewal-of-restrictions-on-coins-from-italy-cpac-meeting.362358/page-3#post-4597497...
Your coin is not from the tetrarchy though.
Doug I will try to remember to check, but my German is very poor, having only studied one year in grad school. On a related note, I did talk my...
on the topic of beards and pagansim in the 4th century, I wonder if Procopius was double-dipping- a little pagan, a little Christian. [ATTACH]
Panegyrics, by their nature, should be read skeptically and taken with a grain of salt. In this same panegyric, Libanius not only says that...
Libanius did say the island had rebelled; though according to him, the rebels had simmered down shortly before Constans set sail. Of course,...
Sleep well then, for Konrad Kraft in his article I cited above, also argued that the Hut FTR coins were issued to commemorate the A.D. 342...
If you would like, I will send you some much nicer LRB's, just PM me your address.
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