Ancient Greek is my second best language after English. The inscription is not Greek.
Gotta love Roma's go-go boots, though!
No, the V appears on coins of both rulers, as does the P.
I was wondering the same thing myself, @dougsmit . I'd love to know your thoughts on the matter.
Shame the flan's a bit small and the inscription is partially off the flan on both sides. Nonetheless, enough remains to make an exact attribution...
Sure, it's common as gravel, but it has a nice, bottle-green patina and a funky flan. Post anything you feel is relevant. [ATTACH] Victorinus,...
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Thanks! I was wondering if it might be Bactrian.
I don't have a carpentum one, but it's genuine and it's pretty. [ATTACH]
Must have been a hoard.
No. I collect ancient Roman coins and am unfamiliar with the US coin market. There were more than 1 BILLION minted, though.
So that nickle was minted in Philadelphia! Welcome to Coin Talk.
You would really enjoy this book: [ATTACH]
Ummm ... you do know that up until recently, the Philadelphia mint used no mint mark, don't you?
The flans don't match, so they're not casts. Double die matches aren't all that unusual, particularly in a hoard discovery.
My most handsome Constantine II coin: [ATTACH] Constantine II as Caesar, AD 317-337 Roman Æ Centenionalis; 3.86 gm; 18.2 mm Heraclea, AD 327-329...
Found among a bunch of LRBs in an uncleaned lot. It has a weird obverse inscription which appears to read as follows from the 7:00 position...
These are the relevant pages from RIC which mention them. It appears they used Greek letters for the first 5 officina then Roman numerals for the...
Wow!!! I love that portrait style on that one! Here's are some humbler examples of Tacitus, though you have to admit the guy ROCKED the...
Very nice Aurelians! I particularly like the reddish patina on the last one. The Gallienus is misattributed to the Mediolanum mint; RIC, Sear...
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