Nice find! Really cool because of the historical angle. My only Crusader coin is a silver one minted by Bohemund of Tripolis, a bit debased, but...
I've got over 50 of these babies and it's fun to compare the reverses across the range of differing mints across the empire. No two are alike....
Thank You. I think I'm starting to get the idea of how to go about it.
Very interesting question. Can't really add much to the conversation except for that I enjoy reading the works of Ammianus Marcellinus which...
Not set up to take pictures of my coins yet, but am working on it. I just got a Google Pixel XL phone yesterday, so maybe that will work? Any...
I've got a nice piece of Julia Domna (billon tetradrachm), cost me $90 several years ago. At $33 that was a steal! Plus, great helmet design on...
I like the forward combed hair - must have been the style at the time.
Really cool!
I have a Honorius face-on coin bronze coin as well as an Arcadius. I find them pretty interesting. They came in a hoard of LRB (200 coins) that I...
Wow, what a story! I had a Constantine coin fall off the table as I was examining my collection. It rolled all the way across the room and fell...
I have about 50 of these ranging from EF to Poor that I purchased in unidentified lots. It's the number one overall coin type that I have. One can...
Thanks for clarifying the point.
I have a coin of Vaballathus with a large scratch across his face, never considered the theory that this might have been intentional. But after...
Fleur de Coin? Excellent condition panzerman.
Very cool, thanks for sharing
I'm not an expert at all in the field, but there may be some connection between the Egal stone and that of the kaa'ba, at least in terms of the...
This period of history after the fall of the tetrarchs is one of the sad notes in my opinion about the reign of Constantine. In the early parts of...
Thank You!
I have a theory that Elagabalus' name is a Latinization of two words "allah" and "jebel" so technically his name means "Allah's mountain" in...
Thanks for the history lesson and illustration of these times through coins. One of the primary sources for the reigns of Septimius Severus,...
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