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This one was listed as rare by Frank Robinson Lucius Verus, 161-169 A.D. Type: AE As, 25.5 mm 12.1 grams, R1 according to ACSearch Obverse: L...
Kind of a crapshoot because strikes are often uneven, with excellent relief (or not) on the portrait with maybe mushy legends due to poor strikes...
Nice. I have a similar one, though I don't think Phillip was particularly victorious. He lost a battle with the Persians and ended up as a prone...
I've yet to buy one as I focus almost exclusively on Roman Imperial and Provincial, with a few coins of the diadochoi and successors thrown in....
Constantius II (337-361AD) AE3 - 2.73 gram - 17 mm, Antioch mint, struck 348-350 AD Obverse: DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, cuirassed and...
Yes, interesting chart - thank you.
Nice. Hopefully they will clean up well. I think I see a Constantius II on the right side of the photo.
Lots of uncleaned lots come from the Balkans, no provenance
Oregano, thyme, basil, etc...all good
We all have our own tastes. I'm sure a coin I find fascinating others would consider differently. To each their own. I like to think that coins...
Cool overstrike @Quant.Geek
Yeah, a lot more bids and prices going up. In the Frank Robinson auction I got this Focas for $120 IIRC when the initial offer price was $35....
The Jesus facing coins are quite nice for their symbology as they hearken back to icons in appearance. I have two of them.
Very interesting OP coin and reminds me of Gladiator with those elbow slams by Maximus. Bare hands it was I guess.
Is that a chicken @maridvnvm ?
Nice coins - pretty good portrait for Focas, and a nice large folle of Justinian with very clean devices.
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Looks good. Nice clean-up
A rather grumpy-looking Caracalla on an antoninianus [ATTACH]
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