the "silver" is probably tin, since potin is a mixture of bronze, tin and lead.
You're welcome...I'm always updating-- currently adding two coins that are not in RIC. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
it is a typical Alexandrian coin, like the one below -- RIC VII Alexandria 64 [ATTACH]
Your coin is RIC IV Rome 37 and it was struck A.D. 240 The reverse description from RIC is Gordian, togate, veiled, stg. front, head l.,...
A.D. 294 is generally accepted as the start, because of a coin reform introduced by Diocletian that year. The end date may be a bit more fluid,...
Yes...I also sell on eBay (for over a decade) https://www.ebay.com/usr/victor_clark
do you know how many other members also sell on eBay? hint- more than one
there have been quite a few Constantinian hoards discovered since RIC VII was first published.
there are actually other members on this board that also sell on eBay
I used to collect city commemoratives, mainly the Constantinopolis coins. I have a page about them--...
Actually, for this series of MHT? camp gates with or without dots, RIC records examples from all workshops except B for the Caesars, is that clear...
but you can't just say it must be something because of catalog attested examples. Unlisted workshops show up pretty frequently, and this group...
I think that it is an epsilon, with the middle arm poorly struck or poorly engraved
I prefer the method utilized by the Cloke and Toone in London Mint of Constantius and Constantine "this catalogue abandons the practice employed...
it's a pretty common coin, but it is a London mint for Maximianus with an unusual obverse legend, and also from his second reign.
there really is no way to tell who is depicted and MacDonald avoids speculating by describing the figure on the reverse simply as "bust of emperor"
there is a book on this coinage by David Macdonald that I enjoyed and it is not as daunting as the title sounds- An Introduction to the History...
I forgot to add, it is also listed in Toffanin's book MEDIOLANVM as # 146/1 this book cross references other catalogues [ATTACH]
Yes, it is from Mediolanum, and yes, I checked in my copy of Göbl.
I have had several international shipments show similar odd movement. Most recently I had a shipment to Germany showing it is in Cuyahoga Falls...
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