I would say that the head to left types (H11 and H12 RIC busts) are actually fairly common. I have a page on these with 70 examples and 30 of them...
This coin is part of a series of coinage from Constantinople (GLORIA EXERCITVS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, LIBERTAS PVBLICA, SPES PVBLIC and CONSTANTINIANA...
here's a festival of Isis issue Festival of Isis 4th cent A.D. 12mm .8gm ISIS FARIA; draped bust of Isis right. VOTA PVBLICA; Isis in galley,...
That's funny...I was in the area at the same time courtesy of Uncle Sam. You seem to be having a better time than I did though.
below is a Constantinopolis commemorative with victory on a prow which is special due to it having a quadripartite design on the shield. A bit...
below is a picture of an issue from RIC VII for the fifth emission of the Sisican VLPP series of ASIS star with the date beside it. RIC does...
In A.D. 317, London used a combination of control marks which included a star and Constantine was not anywhere near Britain at the time. [ATTACH]...
there have been a few circumstances where Roman coins were reintroduced into circulation. I will quote from another post- "From the article by...
I don't believe that stars had anything to do with Constantine's presence in a city. Why think that a star indicated his presence when the reverse...
it looks like a Q in the exergue; however, ignoring what may be in the mintmark, if you use the excel sheet and filter, you will see that you only...
the center coin on the top row is a previously unknown reverse for Constantine I
While it is true that Siscia did not mint one standard Chi-Rho's for Constantine I, you first have to figure that out by looking at coins from...
I bought this lot for over $450 and five of the coins I will flip on eBay in a group starting at .99. So I only valued one coin in this group....
emissions are simply issues, designated by the different mintmarks, field marks etc. for example I will refer to the VLPP series from Sisica. I...
"hair straight up" is talking about the fallen horseman- the guy on the ground getting speared. More important for your ID is what is in the left...
It's Constantius Gallus. you can download the excel sheet here for ID help http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm
It's a Valens (DN VALEN-S PF AVG) with a SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse from Aquileia
Your coin is Constantius II (CONSTANTI- VS P F AVG), with two victories facing each other holding wreaths--VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN . It is from...
It from Antioch...the mintmark looks like SMANTA
unfortunately, that is not a genuine ancient coin.
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