close, but not right. Remember there are three brothers who have names in which the letter after C is an O. This coin has a huge clue because of...
you have the obverse inscription (and ruler) wrong
What's important on Vcoins is the code of ethics - I will vouch for the authenticity of items I sell and will have no time limit on the return...
The first problem with the coin is that it does not look right. It is not terribly bad, but if you are familiar with Constantine's portraits from...
Some of his bronze coins are very common, while some are excruciatingly rare. At least one is known from a single example; while other types...
This one is from Thessalonica, you can make out the mintmark - SMTSB
that one is also fake it was sold in 2015 on eBay by well-known fake seller victoriqn here is the 2015 picture [ATTACH] a die match...
greed and ignorance combined beat down careful thinking everytime
Sure he could have put more effort into it, but it will sell, probably for quite a bit of money. The fakeseller is not trying to fool...
that coin is a tooled Siscian campgate, that's why the chi-rho is wrong, he didn't try to change the star. You can also easily make out some of...
it's probably just a weak strike; which is also apparent on the obverse at the same position, 9- 2 o'clockish, around the edge.
though in fairly good style, there is always the possibility it is an unofficial mint product. These exist for Gallienus; but not very common.
Yes, I have talked to Ron.
Yes, I have a die match to that one 18x17mm 2.5gm [IMG] and obverse match with close reverse 18x17mm 2.5gm [IMG] another close one, maybe...
No, there were none with a star.
Your coin is 366a. The difference is the ties of the crown. 366a has divergent ties, while 366e has parallel ties, like your second example....
Here is a neat Gallienus I just catalogued. I started with RIC V, but RIC does not have any recorded with S in left field, but it is pretty...
I think that he is joking, because everyone is talking about the internet; but he is also making a point. Remember the old saying "buy the book...
I just looked up some of Curtis' arguments on the star placement and, as usual, they are pretty convincing.
but there are sometimes issues without a star. So the combinations give you four controls- no stars, star in left, star in right and two stars.
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