I wrote to the auction firm, inquiring about the item's provenance. They were kind enough to promptly reply to my inquiry: Dear Roman Collector,...
It's obvious that most such coins in antiquity were broken in half, not cut, because the edges aren't straight. The rest is pure conjecture,...
Not sure if this will help much, but here's the exergue photographed under different lighting conditions. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
From a bulk lot; worn and thickly patinated. I'm sure there are no dots in the field and no dots or stars preceding the mint mark in the exergue....
The creepy kid and his grandma: [ATTACH] Elagabalus, Augustus AD 218-222, with grandmother, Julia Maesa, Augusta AD 218-224/5. Roman provincial Æ...
Gallienus says, "Neckbeard, baby!" [ATTACH]
The cutting was to make the coin into a smaller denomination. I read an article many years ago in The Celator that the coins were wrapped in...
That's one freaky double strike, @Sulla80 !
My diademed and veiled bust dupondius of Faustina I came with an old French-language collector tag. Does anyone recognize whose it might be?...
There were but a handful of denarii issued for his momma. Here they are: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Light makes a huge difference. This one was taken with bright, diffuse light. While it shows the inscriptions and devices quite well ... [IMG]...
Nice one, @kevin McGonigal ! Here's a Philip from my collection with a Felicitas-with-a-Princess-Leia-hairdo reverse: [IMG] Philip I The Arab,...
I think you did! It has a nearly complete obverse legend, a nice portrait, and the reverse is centered enough to see the mintmark completely. It's...
Cool! That Harpodile needed to be busted out!!!
Thanks to @TIF for pointing out that my coin is a double die match to this one currently offered by Civitas: [ATTACH] Mine: [ATTACH] How...
The only coin in my collection from this mint that is nice enough to photograph is this one: [ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon...
I know! It looks like something from an anime cartoon! Thanks for the kind words.
Do you think you could take some more photographs of just the exergue, with the light coming in from various directions so that we might better...
Nice example of the Constantinople mint version of that reduced centenionalis, @Clavdivs . You might be interested in the backstory behind this...
That's a lovely coin, @Orange Julius , and that Victoria reverse is astonishingly well-rendered! Neat idea for a thread, too. Here's my...
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