I rewrote the part of the page on debased argentei to take into account the comments of @Victor_Clark . Thanks, Victor!...
It is likely. It is not illustrated in the book, but the hoard had 56 of that type "VIRTVS MILITVM" with "four sacrificing" for Galerius from Rome...
@dougsmit (above) posted a later base-silver type we think may have been a debased argenteus. Thank you, Doug, for reminding me that it and two...
Here are two nice folles of Diocletian (AD 284-305) for sale: [ATTACH] 27-25 mm. London mint. RIC London 28a. "c. 303 onward" ex Stoffel...
For more about fourrees, see, "Ancient imitations of Roman coins": http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/ The last page linked to has Greek...
Diocletian introduced the silver argenteus denomination c. 294. [ATTACH] This one clearly states its value in silver with its reverse type...
@dougsmit wrote about the possible Christian connection to the AVG IN PACE type of Salonina. I, too, was interested in the type for that reason....
Here is another example of the OP type: [ATTACH] 17 mm. 11:00. 3.94 grams. Crawford 292/1, page 306. "113 or 112 BC". Sear 169.
Here is mine, with Gamma in the middle: [ATTACH] Doug's link tells you about the code on these "coded" coins. I, too, wrote about the code:...
I agree with both @red_spork and @dougsmit. I think it is a fake. Others might have a different opinion. But, why buy a coin you are not sure...
In the OP I wrote This morning sent me their "new listings" in my areas and, low and behold, that coin was listed and when I clicked on the link...
I really like that attitude. Too often collectors (especially US coin collectors) are seduced by high grade alone. Magazines like Coin World send...
If you have an ancient coin to sell, how would you price it? One eBay seller has often been mentioned on CT as listing coins for ten times their...
@ValientKnight, you did a great job cleaning that coin. It looked terrible before and looks good now.
I got this one in 1981 from a firm named Olympus. I liked it for the flan size, which was large enough to have almost all the lettering. As you...
The first is a Roman Republican denarius of P. Nerva, 113 or 112 BC with a famous voting scene: [ATTACH] Crawford 292/1. Sear 169. 18-6 mm. ROMA...
[ATTACH] Ancilla to Classical Reading, by Moses Hadas. This one is slow going. I keep it by my bed for filling those last minutes before we are...
Yes.
There is a variety with Neptune indicated by the legend NEP RED [ATTACH] 31 mm. COS III NEP RED (Thanks for safe return of Hadrian to Rome after...
@ancientone and @ancientcoinguru are right. Sturdier shelves, anchored to the walls. The photos showed his new anchoring system.
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