Yes, good catch. There are banners on two standards, normally only the center has a banner.
here's a neat SPQR brockage I saw but didn't buy. [ATTACH] here's a neat one with the eagle's wings spread. [ATTACH] I'll leave this one...
The bust on your coin is laureate, draped and cuirassed; which makes it RIC VI Rome 350c
This coin is RIC VII Siscia 95, note that it has the short reverse legend of VICT.
It is listed in RIC, though all the workshops for this issue are rare.
It's RIC VII Siscia 47 and the workshop looks like Δ http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/sis/
You can find them, but usually the silvering has a patina. This one has been cleaned at some point and is looking minty, almost 90% silvered....
from Harl's Coinage in the Roman Economy, you can see the first coin is the last large issue --AE1 circa 10 grams. [ATTACH]
Yes, small amounts of silver were added to the large folles. Here is an article on this- Sutherland and Harold “The Silver Content of...
sitting on my desk right now awaiting my phographic renderings. The dealers pic is little grey --bleh. I hope to lighten it with some contrast and...
She might be a smaller girl, but she's still a folles :D
I like the Carthage folles-- I think I currently have about 2 dozen. This one has almost the perfect amount of corrosion...if there is such a...
We talked about this before https://www.cointalk.com/threads/august-18th-death-of-decentius.365245/#post-4761366
I just finished Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 1869–1939 [ATTACH] and am starting Imperial Legitimation: The iconography of the...
What about someone that buys at someplace like Vcoins and then relists on someplace like eBay for more than twice the original price...and didn't...
Yours also ends with NOB C
Well, I consider them yours! :D Happy New Year everybody.
Those are some nice campgates with great patinas. The obverse legend for your Crispus is FL IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C --- RIC VII Nicomedia 92
You would have to be a Constantine nerd to know about many of those types! :D A few are painfully rare, while others are merely plain old rare,...
I mentioned Harl's book, but I highly recommend it. I was fortunate because it was the first Roman coin book that I read. It will answer questions...
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