Here are a few coins on my desk. I will give some away to new collectors in the US that PM their name and address. [ATTACH]
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here's a nice crusty group that I recently bought on eBay [ATTACH]
It's Constantine I. This coin was issued in AD 320, years before his death and the elevation of any of his sons. below is a coin from Constantine...
I haven't played it since they raised the level cap from 50 to 70, but I am looking forward to getting back into it and maxing out my character.
You can look at the Emperors with short reigns like Otho (the year of four Emperors) and Pertinax. The "year of the six Emperors" AD 238 had two...
If you look at this series, you don't find any struck for the Caesars, meaning each son had been elevated to Augustus. from an older topic about...
Your second coin is Constantine II.
it's a fake. below are some more [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, it is backwards...I only used the word "awkward" as an alliteration. a quote about this from a few years ago-- "The first coin below has an...
You have an example with the "awkwardly engraved Alexandrian armour" Note the top of the cuirass under the chin. On right facing busts, the...
I have to apologize for not paying enough attention. The coin in question has a mintmark of ALE, while the coins Alföldi writes about are...
That's an error in RIC, this type from Rome is always standing. Ticinum has a seated variety.
Surely the fact that there was a double temple of Isis and Serapis in Rome shows the link, further corroborated by this coinage.
If I can't make out enough of the legend on these AE4's to be certain, I don't even bother.
I like the portrait on this one, not because it looks like Maximianus, but because it looks more like Carinus. It's an early Rome issue and the...
You can bog down on how good a fake it is or isn't...but as I said it does not matter, because the seller is a well-known fake seller. There are...
You don't have to know the market...all you need to know is that the seller is known for offering fakes. No point in looking at his coins and...
If you haven't spotted one recently, then you are not looking close enough, because they are out there. 15 years ago a bunch turned up mainly in...
If you haven't seen it yet, the best place to start is-- Alföldi, Andreas. "A Festival of Isis in Rome under the Christian Emperors of the IVth...
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