You can buy products, like Jax, to chemically patinate coins, which comes in several colors, including brown and green. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's true, but reputable and trustworthy sellers will refund a buyer if issues arise.
Yes, he played a lyre, but we don't have an expression of "lyreing around" so "fiddling around" is used. The phrase probably shouldn't be taken...
It's not in RIC. For a FEL TEMP from Aquileia with M in left field, check Paolucci & Zub La monetazione di Aquileia Romana # 596 It is also...
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lunar crescents
"with a radiated head left facing on Hadrian his bust" it's on Hadrian's cuirass.
I already posted the type...yours looks like Valens though.
it looks like an Emperor holding a standard, of which there are several types. something similar to this-- [ATTACH]
Your coin has a laureate bust versus a diadem. For these Vetranio issues, Constantius II has a pearl diadem, while Vetranio is laureate, denoting...
there is nothing wrong with your coin, it is a nice example of this type.
nevermind
why do you think these coins are cast?
There are a couple of pages in Zosimus on him.
Jerry Walker pased away in 2008, but his wife continues to keep his Vcoins store open. http://www.coinbooks.com/esylum_v11n03a05.html If you...
The divus Constantine coins come in several flavors, below is another type http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/posthumous/ [ATTACH]...
Yes, Antioch 37 is right, the horses legs make no difference on the attribution.
You might like "Principal Coins of the Romans volume II The Principate 31 BC- AD 296" by R.A.G. Carson. It is only 167 pages, but has 1658...
Your coin is from Rome, the mintmark is RQ. It is RIC VI Rome 362a, minted in A.D. 313.
[ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 285 21x23mm 2.9gm IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust left. IOVI CONSERVAT; Jupiter stg. l.,...
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