I read somewhere that some roman coins had been found in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro in the past few years. The story kind of came and went. Were...
I've had this AE4 of Arcadius (383-408 C.E.), emperor of the East, for about a year. It came out of a hoard of late Roman bronze that also...
Cool coin. I'm meaning to start collecting the Saeculares series commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Rome, but don't have any...
I've got a Domna Alexandria Tet that's pretty nice. Got it about 30 years ago before the prices for such things rapidly accelerated. Nice coin...
I've got some with totally obliterated obverses like this one - quite a few that came in several hoards of uncleaned coins that I bought. If one...
Thanks for all the replies. So I guess I can infer that it is a rare type (which I suspected) which might command a premium price, though I have...
Wow, that's quite a nice one!
This follis uses the name "Constantino" on the obverse, as in "IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINO AVG" presumably as an acclamation, with the reverse "JOVI...
The first coin is the common Constantius II bronze piece with the reverse legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO, meaning "The return of happy times". This...
Nice sestertius @Bing. I'd like to focus on getting coins of the millenial games thrown by Phillip in honor of the 1,000 anniversary of the...
I'm working on the cropping, but google photos only allows you to resize the image - no way to cut out the background or move the images of the...
Incredible. I'd love to visit your office sometime!
Quite nice coins, thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday! It looks like the small figure is indeed wearing pants - the mark of a barbarian in ancient rome.
Pretty cool flips, I really like them
I've got an AE of Constantine with a hole punched in the right hand side of the planchet. Appears to be of ancient origin based on the appearance...
Here's another one in my collection. The condition is not as good as the first one I posted. Appears also to be Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 B.C.E....
Quite a nice coin, thanks for sharing. Although I've got many of good 'ol Constantius II I don't have this reverse type.
It happens from time to time. My biggest problem is not being able to identify LRB coins because of the significant amount of wear on them when...
Thanks @Aethelred, cool pic!
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