this was in the family Bible since the Civil War [ATTACH]
Coins from the VLPP series from Siscia are pretty common but this coin is not listed in RIC, but not so rare that I haven't had other...
not really
The Coleshill hoard is in The Chalfont Hoard and other Roman Coin Hoards (Coin Hoards from Roman Britian IX)
here's an unofficial example from the 1948 Freckenham hoard [ATTACH] Constantius II A.D. 348- 350 21mm 5.0g D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG;...
Constantine the Jedi [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Valens. A.D. 364-378. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left,...
I have done this before using a butter knife...once you get the hang of it, the pennies come out fairly easy.
the OP coin is definitely a cast fake...it was cast from a real coin.
this is an actual reverse type from Thessalonica with reverse legend of VIRT EXERC
I believe that I used electrolysis on this one.
I was looking through some stuff and remembered this coin that I cleaned last year; but I don't think I showed it off. It's a tougher coin to find...
I have had him on my fake sellers list since 26 Jan 2022
[ATTACH] Julian II A.D. 361- 363 19mm 2.9gm D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield. VOT X MVLT...
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 327-8 Ӕ nummus 20mm 3.0g CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; rosette diademed head right LIBERTAS PVBLICA; Victory standing...
Yes A is the workshop
you need to use Helvetica's RIC guides http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm scroll down to "soldiers and standards" you filter the...
green (malachite) and blue (azurite) are both copper carbonates. A book I like on the subject of bronze patinas and corrosion is -- Copper and...
his eBay username is frascatius
here's my NGC fees page [ATTACH]
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