I am going to say that the coin is okay and just has minor smoothing. Either way it is a nice coin that most people here would love to have in...
@ro1974 Who told you that your coin had tooling?
Be sure not to drop in on your foot when you break it from the slab!:D
Very nice and scarce coin, Ro. You must have quite a collection! Congrats!
Happy Birthday! And many more returns! Here is my only coin that fits your time slot: Augustus Caesar AR Denarius Struck 4 BCE-2 CE Lugdunum mint...
Nice pics every one! I won't show a modern one but here I am in 30 years! [ATTACH]
I'll go as long as you provide the wine:D Very nice coins! I suppose that when the Egyptian slingers ran out of stones to sling at the Seleucids...
@Topcat7 Sup TC!!;) Lol! Perhaps it was Flavius Numismatistius Collectorcus! Interesting that the coin was found at the late 4th century "level"?...
@Jwt708 I think you have a good point. Perhaps a Legionnaire found it at the older fort (at Vindolana) and kept it as a charm or souvenir? Hoard...
@Pishpash I really feel sorry for those poor guys sent to garrison those forts! Poor Limitanei :( I am surprised that the Nero Aureus stayed in...
Wow! I will have to visit that place one day. I can imagine that life near the Wall must have been nasty and violent:depressed: Thanks Pish!
Sweet pick up! Poor Philip II:sorry:, he never stood a chance after Decius was proclaimed Emperor Cheers!
Sweet coin, Vespasian! Here is my only example of the"only man that improved" EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. BI...
Very nice. I would considered it toned but I am not an expert with toning.
Wow! I would love to have that coin in my collection! Those babies are super rare and expensive. Congrats and hats off to you sir!:D
I always love learning something new! I don't collect provincials but I appreciate the history and culture behind them. Very nice coin!;)
Here is a lovely portrait of me to go along with Ro's super Rhino! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Cheers Steve!!!!!:D
@TIF .So that's what Steve looks like? Interesting!
Happy Birthday Steve! Here is a Goldie for yah! Cheers!!!!!! [ATTACH] Maurice Tiberius AV lightweight Solidus 4.12 grams 582-602 CE
Please :singing: [MEDIA] Cheers!
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