In the early days of the Umayyads the "standing caliph" type was common based somewhat on Byzantine coinage. However, soon iconography and graven...
I have several duplicates of Constantius II even a couple struck on the same dies. I can't share them here because I have over 80 Falling Horseman...
Thank you - now I see it. A pretty cool catch!
I have a question @dougsmit - how exactly can you tell it's an As of Gordian III? I keep looking at it but haven't figured it out. Thanks in advance.
I received the coin in a DHL courier bag at 12:15 local time - pretty cool! Here it is, Volusian sestertius: [ATTACH]
Very nice coins folks. I don't have one of these either but I will be on the lookout. I'd never even heard of SPQR as a mint mark - you learn...
Mine's a bit worn but I still like it. Attributed to Romanus II, I believe [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The ethereal nature of the portrait of Christ...
Here's my favorite - a really nice Severus type with Neptune on the reverse: Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E. 3.3 grams,...
Cool coins @Mike Margolis - love the "new" Athenian tet.
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Pretty amazing @Deacon Ray - what a gesture of kindness and generosity. The Marc Antony coin is just fantastic.
Hope it continues to clean up well. Amazing that the silvering appears almost intact under the crud!
Here is the status of the coin, appears to headed out for delivery today, so pretty rapid transit... Friday, December 28, 2018 Location Time...
Very nice coin there, and I like Doug's examples too.
I have lots of very worn LRBs with practically the portrait and legends completely worn off, must have circulated for a very long time. So, lots...
In this case having a barbarous copy is a good thing, as it is also ancient.
Terrible news. I hope that those who did the deed are apprehended soon.
That Tacitus is really nice and I'm becoming very partial to Alexandrian hockey pucks these days...nice coins all!
Maxentius, 306-312 A.D. Type: AE Follis, Rome mint (probably) 308-310 A.D. Obverse: Laureate head of Maxentius right, IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG...
I used to work at the UPS headquarters in Atlanta as product manager for Worldwide Express, and DHL offered pretty tough competition - more...
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