here's a good book to read on how forgeries are made-- Numismatic Forgery by Charles Larson. the cover blurb "an illustrated, annotated guide to...
Each generation that you go back, you have to double the amount of ancestors--1st generation you have 2 parents, 2nd generation 4 grandparents and...
. Sorry about the sloppy response (I am editing) I am trying to reply on my phone but I am also a Vcoins dealer and was not sure that my response...
Vcoins dealers are not supposed to upload more than 100- 150 coins per day; but I believe that this might just be a "gentleman's agreement"
Your first coin is Constantine I A.D. 326- 328 CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head. PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate with two turrets and star between...
Digamma, waw, or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma
Actually S in this mintmark does not stand for Sexta, though it is the sixth workshop... it is just a coincidence. Here is a reply from another...
"All the prices and wages are listed in denarii communes, which were not actually silver denarii as we usually think of when discussing ancient...
Though Diocletian's “Edict of Maximum Prices” was issued almost 60 years after the rule of Gordian III, it lists prices for wine and beer Wine &...
This object is called a Dacian Draco...here's some info from another topic about this- "RIC V describes it as a “staff surmounted by head of ass”...
Arcadius A.D. 404-6 10mm 0.6gm DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. CONCOR-DIA AVGGG legend surrounding cross In...
here's a description Constantinopolis Commemorative A.D. 333-335 Obv. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial mantle, holding...
Sol is actually holding a whip. This also means that the RIC number 279 that Andres2 has for his coin is wrong. It is 255, though RIC only lists...
There is only a RIC 8, no RIC 8b. The B which you are talking about probably refers to the obverse bust type, which RIC lists as either B (head...
Vabalathus struck these coins, but recognized that Aurelian was senior, that is why the legend for Aurelian ends with AVG; while Vabalathus merely...
shield with side profile [ATTACH] commemorative with star [ATTACH] Silvered example [ATTACH] Shield with quadripartite division [ATTACH]...
Yes, sorry that I wasn't clear that in reference to the T-I break in the footnotes I meant "another" as in addition to N-T and I-N; rather than...
I don't think it is transitional, just inconsistent. The footnotes for 137 mention another break with CONSTANT-INOPOLIS. Below are two examples,...
nevermind
704 can be either bust type G or H. The coin in question is bust type G, while H is the one with imperial mantle.
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