So you are saying there was no specific pattern of debasement? To my relatively untrained eye it does appear that the Eastern mints were...
I'm turning to stone as I type this...great coins alllll......Aarghhh!
Couldn't resist posting this...poor old Valerian [ATTACH]
Julianus II, the man who led a brief effort to turn back the clock with regard to the old gods and philosophy, which incurred the rancor of...
I have another of these "billon" antoniniani which is kind of silvery, but kind of not. The powers that be probably were ordering the mints to...
Nice find @Mat ! Good score for the 1st coin of the year. The nose reminds me of my Salonina tet. EGYPT, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm, 23mm,...
Vetranio 350 A.D. Type AE 2, 23mm, 5.1 grams Obverse: DN VETRANIO PF AVG Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, "A" behind head in left...
Great coin @Orfew - it's always very gratifying to see a forum member get a coin they really want, rather than being sniped at the last second.
Here's my Hadrian drachm, similar to yours: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Magnentius AE2 with pretty good detail on the reverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Constans, the FL CONSTANTIS BEA C type, Siscia [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's my Domitian, where S-C stands for Coele Syria: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great thread @Justin Lee - right now I've got a bunch of unattributed coins I'm going through from my last hoard - you've got some real nice ones...
Love the Elagabalus tetradrachm. The conjoined busts are very impressive and a sure sign of a skilled die-cutter.
Separate names with a comma.
