There seems to always be an academic discussion about whether fourees were just counterfeit money of their times or were they more official in nature.
I have a Republican fouree dated 102BC C Fabius C F Hardrianus Fouree Denarius Crawford 322/1 OBV: EX•A•PV behind veiled & turreted bust of...
It is solid. The mark on the obverse is a banker's mark I believe, but I have no idea what the mark on the reverse might be. Jerry: This is...
This is my latest Repubic coin: L SCRIBONIUS LIBO AR Denarius Cr416/1a., Scribonia 8a, Rome mint c. 62BC OBV: BON EVENT LIBO, diademed head of...
I think RIC is cumbersome and hard to work with. And it's not complete to boot. There have been too many finds since published and there were...
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It is, but I believe it's a pirated version.
You will find that each mint not only has it's own mintmark, but in many instances you can tell the mint by the portrait. In other words, many...
Even then, I think it would be interesting to me.
The bust is suppose to be a representation of the city I believe. The mintmark translates to Sacred Money (SM), Thessalonica (TS), Workshop 4...
Thanks for the information update. Man, what a find! What I might give just to go through these (perhaps with sticky fingers,eh?).
I have this bookmarked, but I seem to seldom use this as a resource. However, when I'm in a fix, I will check it out along with some others I...
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Nice coins Ripley and Mat. Oh, and you too Jerry:cool:
I'll let the Septimius Severus collectors post coins for him. Here is my only Augustus coin with Pater Patriae: AR Denarius RIC 210, Lugdunum...
I think this is my largest coin. Nero Claudius Drusus AE Sestertius RIC 109, struck at Rome 41/42 AD OBV: NERO CLAVDIUS DRUSUS GERMANICUS IMP,...
4/1 211 AD Septimius Severus dies of natural causes at York Septimus Severus was born in 145 AD in the province of Africa. He became emperor in...
Sorry to bring up a sore point (but it is a great coin!).
Great coin Batman!
CONSTANTIUS GALLUS Centenionalis RIC-VIII, 97 Cyzicus mint, c. 351-354 AD OBV: D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed...
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