Here is another Severus II quarter-follis, this one with the short obverse legend: [ATTACH] SEVERVS NOB C RIC Siscia, 171a, "R" (less so now)...
If you try to get a set of no-mintmark London-mint emperors, Severus II is hard to find. [ATTACH] 28 mm. 9.80grams. This one has NOBILISSIMVS...
I have collected late Roman AE for decades. I just bought three coins of 388-392 and saw they had a detail described in a different way. Here is...
You are right. An old, revived, thread. I didn't check the date of her post.
@TIF is back! TIF, your island sustained a lot of damage in the hurricane. Are you still there, or did you move away temporarily? I am pleased to...
It's an obol. It is interesting that so many Greek cities minted tiny coins with the same types on different, hard-to-distinguish, denominations....
In 2015 I heard from a dealer of a man who collected coins of Cyzicus, through all time. That includes all the types already posted here, Greek...
@Bing's coin was Jovian. Yours is Valentinian.
Theme: tribal name [ATTACH] Gaul. Remi. Three jugate heads left! /Nike driving biga left. 15 mm. REMO down the front [okay, mostly off the...
Here is one from an eastern mint, Antioch: [ATTACH] Elagabalus. 19-18 mm. 3.52 grams. TEMPORVM FEL Felicitas standing left holding patera and...
I wonder if you mean "coin" or "type"? Do you mean it is a different coin of the same type and variety?
I'm enjoying the thread. I think it can be ignored with the "thread tools" option if one does not want to follow it.
SOLD BCD sold off his collection of Greek coins region by region. The catalogs have superseded the previous reference works, both for scholarship...
I have the website designer's e-mail and forwarded him your suggestions, as well as my own that the final page give the dates of the ruler...
Fortuna is one of my favorites! [ATTACH] Diocletian, Augustus 284-305 AD IMP DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG 28 mm. 8.88 grams. 12:00 die axis. FORTVNAE...
Tamas Maroti just put up a site for identifying Parthian drachms: https://mrcollector.eu/parthia/index.php Answer a few questions (bust left,...
Some fanatics (not me) know campgates to the finest detail. The one you noted is remarkable for having the stonework extend upward into the...
Here is my favorite Julia Domna: [ATTACH] 27-24 mm. 10.16 grams. as IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG VESTA, Julia sacrificing over altar, accompanied by 3...
If you want a silver coin of medieval Venice, here is one you won't regret buying. [ATTACH] A very nice grosso of Venice, not clipped (many are):...
True. In fact, I think it makes a coin more likely to be genuine, but not desirable. If you were a criminal counterfeiter, why make a fake so...
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