Your coin is RIC VIII Trier 243
There is an article “Thirty Pieces of Silver” Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 88, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1968), pp. 186-190 in which...
Yours was from a different mint and, probably most important in this circumstance, not ex-Benito; who a lot of people remember and might want a...
there is always a chance, but it seems more likely it was minted as a special "medallete" marking the occasion of Gratian being raised to emperor....
that's exactly what I called it. :)
Yes, it was in the January 2020 Triton auction, but I won it in the recent Roma.
here are two new additions to my collection [ATTACH] Maximinus II A.D. 308 26mm 6.1g GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right. VIRTVS...
Here's a Licinius II coin showing that, after the 1st civil war, he was very briefly renamed after his uncle. [ATTACH] Licinius II A.D. 316-...
You are right, in Latin it is pontifex, I accidentally used English.
It's an abbreviation for his name-- Publius. the legend is his name and titles Publius SEPTimius GETA CAESar PONtiff
It is available for download-- "The 12,000 coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the Whittemore Collection at the Fogg Art Museum form one...
Carl, with the pearl diadem, your coin is Nicomedia 153, struck A.D. 328- 329.
If you are using lye, you may as well strip the coin down to bare metal. You will get better results with the Jax.
It's Thessalonica, the mintmark is SMTSE
terrible fakes from a known fake seller. he used to call himself antik-forum15
That's Valentinian I
The 12.5 fractional radiates are not only issued from Cyzicus, but from all the mints controlled by Licinius (A.D. 321- 324)-- Heraclea,...
Sorry for the confusion...I was talking about Inspector43's coin.
I believe that's a flan crack rather than a die crack.
there are not any.
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