Thanks for the clarification. It's been awhile since I read Gibbon so I didn't recall the details correctly. The Historia Augusta is also...
I'm interested in starting to weigh my coins so I can post how many grams they are. Thus my question.
Here's my Claudius II. As I recall, some legends report that he was the father of Constantius I. Although he reigned only two years he was...
Nice coins all. Seeing images like this encourages me to switch over to collecting Greeks. All I have right now are diadachoi coins of Alexander's...
Just one Severina that came in an unidentified hoard. Not such a great coin, but my only example (thus far) of this empress. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's one of mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mintmark appears to be SMTS, not sure where this puppy was struck, anybody know?
I've been using my new Pixel XL phone which is supposed to be able to take great photos, so far, so good.
Hi Justin and Welcome. I'm new here, too. So far has been a good experience. BTW, I've got three VRBS ROMA coins. I'll post one of them later...
I agree that last minute baptism was very common at the time, washing away sin as close to the time of one's departure from this world as...
Good point.
I've got several of the deified Constantine types, I find them interesting in light of Constantine's disputed conversion to Christianity on his...
Beautiful coin. Nice pick-up.
Three or Four times a week I'll take out my coins and work on attributions. That's since I joined the forum on April 28 (thanks Google!). Before...
I found one in my unattributed coin bag. Here it is. Obverse, DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, Reverse, VOT X MVLT XX within wreath. Kind of a nice little...
It looks like my reverse type is the same ORIENS AVG with two captives at the feet of Sol, condition of mine isn't so hot, though.
I like the shirt but I'll take a hoodie!
Happy Birthday! Enjoy some cake and ice cream and, hopefully, some new coins in honor of the occasion.
Aurelian (270-275) was a busy man, finally defeating the breakaway Gallic empire and the Palmyrene empire of Zenobia, as well as inflicting a...
Nice one!
Congrats on the new coins! Very exciting stuff.
Separate names with a comma.
