For coins of that time period, consider using this site: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ on the AE coins of RIC IX (Valentinian I and later, AD...
I recently bought this Galerius follis which was misdescribed as a Maximianus: [ATTACH] 28-26 mm. 9.66 grams. Yes, the legend says...
I said the body and head don't belong together and now I see the Met says they do (Thanks, Doug). Some ancient statues do have the head-to-body...
Maybe a moderator could correct the misspelling in the title of this thread. He meant "provincials".
It took me a while to learn to hold down a click to make it advance and to click again to stop it before the questions went by and off the screen....
It is Theodosius I, type 16 on the web site: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ The Gratian, with the globe left instead of right, is type 15.
The head did not belong to that statue, but was found separately and added to a headless body later. Statues often come with the the heads broken...
The author of ERIC II, Ras Suarez, blogged on rarity: http://dirtyoldcoins.com/Roman-Coins-Blog/?m=201407 It is a difficult topic. I responded...
Thank you very much for the link. I did not find an example for my page on the AE attributed to him: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type50.html I...
There are also interesting coins of Julia Domna in the Roman provincial series. For example: [ATTACH] 29 mm. Struck at Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia...
That is a great site. In the old days it would have taken years to learn what that site illustrates.
Here is one from my "unique reverses" page: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html [ATTACH] TELLVS STABIL, woman (Tellus?) standing left...
TIF is right. Coins of Claudius II from Alexandria are usually without much artistic or technical merit. [ATTACH] Her first one has a wonderful...
I'll join the chorus. I would crack it out and save the NGC labels. I wouldn't be surprised if the dark spot on the Adam's apple is an adhesion...
On my "Christian symbols" site there is one type with a Christian connection that my original listing failed to mention-- the "eyes to heaven"...
Martin, does that neat coin with its Roman key symbol mean you now need to acquire a Roman key? They really do look like that! Congratulations on...
Click on the image to find out who issued the type. By the way, the small "two Victories" VICTORIAE DD AVG Q NN type for Constans is common for...
I would first mention names almost anyone has heard of: Ancient Greece, Athens, Alexander the Great, Christ, Julius Caesar, Nero, the Roman...
I just added one more "unique" type at the top: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html Do you recognize, from the reverse alone, who issued...
Doug and John, I appreciate your comments and have fixed the site to address them all. John, I hope those links work correctly now and Doug, I...
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