I believe that fields marks primarily served an internal function in the mint, a means of identifying which group struck the coin-- quality control.
10 years later and I am still looking for die matches, but mainly unofficial Siscian VLPP's. I just won an auction for a lot that is a fifth die...
for starters, you get their magazine. The latest issue had an article on Giovanni Dattari and his fabled collection of Alexandrian coins; which I...
How do you know that it is well-researched...are you so well versed in the topic? Note that there is not a single reference...and everone makes...
He's a crook who was sent to jail stemming from fraud charges. There are much better sources to check out about hoards, rather than the site of...
here is the entry from Howgego's Greek Imperial Countermarks [ATTACH]
I have a page with reverse legend translations for Constantine I, mainly from Failmezger's book Roman Bronze Coins: From Paganism to Christianity...
not to derail the thread, but Bruun was wrong and, if still alive, he would probably change his opinion on this. There has been much written on...
here's one I recently got...RIC only lists this type for Maximinus as Augustus [ATTACH] Maximinus II A.D. 311 24x25mm 7.6gm GAL VAL MAXIMINVS...
most LRB's have lead in their alloy and a few are even very slightly radioactive because they have indium in them.
only the people that are actually interested in the topic. for those few people, the webpage I linked to has many more sources.
Why are we still talking about tin? A quote from the article that I linked to "The production of the thin silver plating on the surface of the...
I have a page about the metallurgy of Constantinian bronzes and a section about the silvering process --...
You see these depressed areas around letters often enough. There is a theory that this is evidence of punches being used for each letter, versus...
Just because you have not heard of something does not mean it is new. Perhaps it has become more popular in recent years but the term and...
well, I would say the first criteria for LRB is that the coin must at least be bronze, then secondly a bit later...but what date is later. a...
your coin, if that is what you are talking about, is not an LRB
“His use of the letters S.C. on many of his bronze coins…show how closely he associated himself with the religion and customs of the Imperial...
Postumus A.D. 260 Ӕ Sestertius IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMUVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. P M TR P COS II PP S C; Emperor in...
here's a poem from W.H. Auden that I've posted before Serious historians study coins and weapons Not those reiterations of one self-importance...
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