Wow @Alegandron - that's even more conclusive than the Shroud of Turin!
Strictly a paper envelope guy. My plastic flips had a bad habit of cracking. File the envelopes away in a couple boxes of cohibas and I'm good.
A quick look on wildwinds reveals no matches. Good luck with the attribution!
This is something that we will probably never know definitively. Was the biblical reference representing the current Caesar? I will assume so...
Great pick-up. My Magnentius in bronze. Magnentius, A.D. 350-353 AE Majorina, 22mm, 7.2 grams, 6H Trier mint Obverse: IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG...
Nice pick-up @Marsyas Mike - to be honest I don't see enough of the inscription to tell definitively. Here's my Diocletian and Maximian tets:...
Great find, perfect easter gift.
Nice coins all. I have yet to get a tribute penny. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they...
I would like to get a Nigrinian and one has been on my watch list for some time.
[ATTACH] I don't really worry about rarity but that said I have a few "rare" coins (according to the dealer most of the time). This Marcus...
Never seen one like that Brian! Very cool
Here are a few links to reliable resources/shops.., wildwinds.com - attribution of ancient coins. vcoins - a dealer community of both fixed price...
Arcadius - a late example of a nice heavy coin. Soon these puppies disappeared... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've never seen a Consecration piece from Alexandria (that I can recall) @Alegandron ! Pretty impressive. Must be quite rare.
Galeria Valeria. Not exactly a comely Venus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] For that matter Galeria's portrait is a bit strange.
Really interesting portrait and to me it looks unofficial, doesn't have that ethereal quality to the portrait as the post-Constantine bronzes...
Happy Easter to All. We just found out that my 8-year old nephew has stopped believing in the Easter Bunny. Apparently someone spilled the beans...
Seems like it probably was struck under Carinus. However, Diocles (later Diocletian) vowed to avenge Numerian's death by blaming the Praetorian...
Very interesting collection that I knew nothing about.
Nice coin @Johnnie Black ! Eternal Emperor (or Empire). Must have seemed that way at the time.
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