there have been a few circumstances where Roman coins were reintroduced into circulation. I will quote from another post- "From the article by...
I don't believe that stars had anything to do with Constantine's presence in a city. Why think that a star indicated his presence when the reverse...
it looks like a Q in the exergue; however, ignoring what may be in the mintmark, if you use the excel sheet and filter, you will see that you only...
the center coin on the top row is a previously unknown reverse for Constantine I
While it is true that Siscia did not mint one standard Chi-Rho's for Constantine I, you first have to figure that out by looking at coins from...
I bought this lot for over $450 and five of the coins I will flip on eBay in a group starting at .99. So I only valued one coin in this group....
emissions are simply issues, designated by the different mintmarks, field marks etc. for example I will refer to the VLPP series from Sisica. I...
"hair straight up" is talking about the fallen horseman- the guy on the ground getting speared. More important for your ID is what is in the left...
It's Constantius Gallus. you can download the excel sheet here for ID help http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm
It's a Valens (DN VALEN-S PF AVG) with a SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse from Aquileia
Your coin is Constantius II (CONSTANTI- VS P F AVG), with two victories facing each other holding wreaths--VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN . It is from...
It from Antioch...the mintmark looks like SMANTA
unfortunately, that is not a genuine ancient coin.
It can be a bit confusing when you see Constantine II coins issued with him as Augustus, like the Siscian example below. [ATTACH]
definitely not Crispus...the obverse legend is D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG
here is a page from "The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage" with marks of value starting with Aurelian....
Below are two examples that I sold a few months ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
your mintmark is SMKB dot, it is from Cyzicus
the coin Seth linked to has a dot in the reverse legend. look at this one- http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2726
your coin is- Constantine I A.D. 313 IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG NN; Jupiter...
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