if I am reading your obverse inscription right -- A.D. 134- 138 HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P ANNONA AVG, modius with grain ears and poppies. RIC II...
It is the most common of the DAFNE bust types and also the most common mintmark of CONS, the rarer ones, which have the same bust, being CONS✶ and...
Barbaric copies were contemporary copies, as they were struck around the same time as the official coinage that they copied. I prefer the term...
this is for the coin directly above this post Constantius II A.D. 326-7 FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left....
There are too many coins posted in this topic, it will get confusing. The last one you posted is probably Claudius II, similar to the one below....
there are actually three bust types- 1.head with diadem 2. head with diadem looking upwards 3. diademed, draped and cuirassed bust for more...
Constantine I A.D. 328 Obv. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG rosette diademed, dr., cuir. bust Rev. CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE [Constantinian Dafne] Victory seated...
That might be more debatable if we were talking about any other tetrarchic ruler than Maximinus II. This is the same guy who really enjoyed the...
my first impression of the obverse bust was Septimius Severus, maybe a provincial from Markianopolis, similar to the ones below...
this one is green with blue sprinkles [ATTACH]
Yes, it is silver. I might bid in the $400 dollar range, but would really hope to get it for less. In Sear's "Roman Coins and Their Values" he...
The message is not the literal cutting the head off of Serapis, but rather that Sol is taking on the attributes of Serapis. It's syncretism for...
on the coin grading scale, fine is not a very good condition coin. So "almost fine" means it is close to being not very good...but to be more...
Constantine II with spelling error http://tinyurl.com/hsuckuz
I hardly ever give coins I am selling a grade. It is much more important to take a decent picture and let people decide for themselves. Grading...
if the seller uses the term "extremely rare" it sounds like Romae Aeternae but unpublished coins are not rare if you don't check all the...
Helena A.D. 318- 319 18mm 2.6gm HELENA N F, draped bust right. REV: eight rayed star in laurel wreath. In ex. TSA RIC VII Thessalonica 48 [ATTACH]
I have had Staples do binding for me.
here's an Arcadius, same as the first coin, except with windows, leaning a bit to the left [ATTACH] Arcadius A.D. 384- 388 13x14mm 1.5gm DN...
The reverse of your Romulus coin is actually a domed shrine or temple. What may be the building portrayed on your coin is still standing.
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