Great write-up and nice Cyzicus follis. By coincidence, I just got one in a lot last week - it is pretty rough, but I didn't have one from this...
I too dimly recall reading that the closing of the pagan temples in Constantinian times and later was indeed a very profitable move for the powers...
Thank you for sharing this. You have a most impressive and attractive collection of these. My astragalus knowledge has been increased immensely!...
Interesting coin, Martin. Severus Alexander denarii I have in my small collection vary so much in quality of fabric/workmanship that I have a...
I'm with ff2 - a hot mess, but what a terrific coin. With Byzantines, the messier the better. I like it!
Yeah, I saw the Pomegranate-Side connection when I was looking these up. As I dimly recall, some of the countermarks looked quite a bit like a...
I'll chime in somewhat redundantly because two of them are countermarked - and nicely countermarked at that. The upper right one, as Doug pointed...
Thanks RC. Er, do you have an RPC contact? - I've gone over the site home page, etc. and can't find a thing!
This baffles me too. The RPC description even says: "Reverse design club, handle at bottom" I took my photos both ways because I was confused,...
Thank you for that link, gsimonel - that is very, very helpful. And "tortured" indeed describes my learning curve on this... But I get it now!...
I just got this today in a batch of Byzantine folles. Odd lot. Anyway, I know nothing about these, and have been working on attribution tonight....
I was a kid during the Bicentennial, and recall being pretty disappointed by the whole thing - all the schlocky souvenirs and general incoherence....
A very informative write-up, Sulla80. I think this coin ties in with the theme - I found it in my local dealer's junk box a while back. It has...
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