It is difficult to find this type well struck. I didn't manage it: [ATTACH] 23 mm. 3.38 grams. RIC 329. Sear III 10991. This example is better...
The rams in the OP post show three blades. So do these Republican denarii: [ATTACH] 20 mm. 3.87 grams. C. Fonteius, 114 or 113 BC. Janus...
It is Saturday night, so here goes. A brick and mortar coin shops contacts me when any ancient coins come in -- which isn't often-- maybe two or...
Sasanian silver coins are broad and thin with, almost always, the head of the king right and a fire altar on the reverse. Here is the most common...
Claudius, 41-54 [ATTACH] 27-26 mm. 9.32 grams. CERES AVGVSTA RIC 94 Sear I 1855
In June 2020 I won about $200 in coins at an European auction and shipping was about $18, FedEx. That's pretty normal. In the same firm's April...
This book has a misleading title. It is better than the title suggests because it discusses far more than 25 "types". By the usual use of the word...
That is a beautiful depiction of ANNONA. Even the ears of grain are clear.
Here is an imitation from Tokharistan of a Sasanian design: [ATTACH] 30-28 mm. 4.02 grams. Vondrovec type 265. Coinage of the Iranian Huns and...
Here is a Probus with an unusual "heroic" bust. [ATTACH] Radiate bust left, no cuirass or drapery (nude), seen from behind with shield slung...
@Severus Alexander , that is an excellent group you have. I'm pleased to see someone has collected Diocletian. You have a keen eye for good and...
I am announcing a web page on the coins of Diocletian: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/DiocletianCoins.html Diocletian, 284-305, had a...
You are right. It really is 28H, not 27H. The difference in the two is the obverse legend. Each RIC number has four or five obverse bust types and...
@darwin31 , welcome to CoinTalk! Here is a follis of Maximian with a splendid helmet, shield, and spear over far shoulder. [ATTACH] 27-25 mm....
I have been a fan a paper catalogs for decades. I wrote, but am no loner updating, a site on contents of many of the catalogs from major auction...
This is generally regarded as true, but it does not mean that an experienced collector can't tell them apart by portrait alone. The tetarchal...
@Finn235 , your coin is a beauty. Here is one from that issue from the Second Tetrarchy, but for Galerius as Augustus: [ATTACH] Don't let the...
No deal. Get a magnifying glass and look inside the hole. You should see the thin silver foil near the surface and darker copper within. If you...
Yes, it is Maximinus Daia, a.k.a. Maximinus II. The mintmark is •HTΔ• and the legend is GENIO CAESARIS, making it RIC VI Heraclea 36, "c....
I do not claim they were allowed back in circulation. I think most examples we have today are single finds of coins discarded because it was not...
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