Neither Martinian nor Licinius would have struck coins for Constantine during this period because of the circumstances surrounding the elevation...
one reason it sold for so much might be because it a rarer spear forward bust, versus the more common spear over shoulder.
Yes, these coins were struck by Domitius Domitianus.
a little ammonia would likely take the encrustations off.
the bird helps to distinguish it from other series, but is not what makes it special. here's another one from Constantius I [ATTACH]
I just bought this Maximianus GENIO POPVLI ROMANI from Alexandria. Is it special...if so why? [ATTACH]
that is actually the Siscian style for this issue, though this unofficial issue does not get it quite right.
it's an unofficial VLPP of Constantine I http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/
it's not illegal.
if you haven't got it yet, I recommend The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine by Hugh Cloke and Lee Toone.
You have posted the wrong picture or you misattributed this one a bit.
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 328 19x20mm 3.2gm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; head with rosette diademed, looking up to heavens CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE;...
when researching ancient coins (or anything) always keep occam's razor in mind- "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions...
you know the saying "anything is possible" but there is another saying -- "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
the male type is often referred to as being Vercingetorix. It is not a coincidence at all when taken in context of what was happening at the...
The obverse is described as "Head of Gallia" in references. The most classes I ever took in a semester was six...I was at school from 9 am to 9...
it's a Bronze anonymous follis, class G it was struck during the reign of Romanus IV, A.D. 1068- 1071
No, it's not mine. I think that I scanned the picture from a book.
my favorite type from Jovian-- Jovian A.D. 363- 364 25x27mm 8.0gm DN IOVIANVS P F P P AVG- rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right....
from an earlier post-- the medallion from Rome commemorating the Danube bridge-- [ATTACH]
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