It's a contender, but I have some real beasts. I have 400- 500 uofficial Siscian VLPP issues for Constantine I and some of them look like they...
Tetricus minimi 9.5x10.5mm 0.6gm [ATTACH] [ATTACH] two more 11-12mm 0.7gm & 1.0gm [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you are interested in Roman coin hoards, then the 13 volume series "Coin hoards from Roman Britain" will be worthwhile. I am mostly interested...
I've posted this Max II before and probably will in the future in some other pile on thread...though I expect it will be a bit before I actually...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius A.D. 150- 151 Æ Sestertius 30x31mm 27g IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P; laureate head right TR POT XIIII...
I have an example for Diocletian with the Tetrarchs sacrificing. [ATTACH]
I think that you have a Rome coin with a mint mark of RBS, similar to the coin I have attached below. The bust also looks more like Rome. [ATTACH]
for this issue, the star is actually more in the center; which you can see on inspector's coin. I have attached another example for comparison. So...
My current average shipping times with USPS to outside US has typically been 3-4 weeks, usually with long delays at customs.
I liked heavy metal growing up, so of course liked this Mongolian heavy metal band that combines heavy metal with Mongolian guttural singing and...
I'm seeing maybe a bit of a double strike, but not a jugate portrait. This reverse type was not issued in jugate and if it was, the obverse legend...
except when Virtus appears on coins herself, she is a woman, and feminine in Latin grammar. Below is a coin described variously as soldier or...
it's definitely not a gorgon on inspector's coin, they are very distinctive. Below is an example [ATTACH] fun fact- the book by Alten and...
the letter forms look a bit odd also.
King does not list any coins with this bust and reverse. Probus 5 cited above is a laureate and cuirassed bust and the obverse legend is different.
[ATTACH] Valerian I A.D. 253- 260 AR Antoninianus 20x21mm 2.7gm VALERIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust. ORIENS AVGG; Sol...
Yes, they are in Volume IV "The Tetrarchies..." He also gives Van Heesch reference numbers.
It's AQS...Aquileia
it's a silvered bronze coin with only patches of silvering left, if you keep poking at it, there will be less silvering.
Thanks, I have been wanting an example and saw this one was up for auction and put in my bid and was pleasantly surprised to be the new owner.
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