I vote it is a coin of @Parthicus . I did some research on previous posts of each of the five contenders, and his posts and username suggest a...
A history professor wrote about a parallel between ancient Rome and now....
[ATTACH] Faustina II, under Marcus Aurelius. Struck 161-176. An as. 26 mm. 13.02 grams. VESTA holding simpulum and Palladium BMC 1004. Sear II...
Yes, "S" means scarce. Actually, there are quite a few around, but most are in poor condition. An example with full flan and no problems, even if...
@kevin McGonigal , that is a wonderful writeup. Thank you. My page http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Repub/TimelineTable.html on how Roman Republican...
My site on late Roman AE http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/index.html lists type sets for the emperors...
It's nice when the coin says SVLLA: [ATTACH] 84-83 BC. L. SVLLA, IMPER ITERVM (Imperator for the second time) with two trophies and jug and...
That is an excellent and entertaining book. Here is my review from this page on Byzantine-coin reference works:...
I started collecting ancients in grad school. I had been a US coin collector (not very serious) in my childhood. In the academic year 1971/2 I was...
I love it! I collect Turkoman bronze and can attest that the OP Nasir al-Din Mahmud coin is outstanding. Yes, it cost more but, after you have a...
Victor listed some major references and his page about late Roman imitations: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/ I have a page about...
Here is a late Roman imitation almost as well-done as an original: [ATTACH] Theodosius. AE2. 21-20 mm. 4.84 grams. Check out the obverse legend:...
I have a web page on distinguishing between Maximian and Galerius: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html The OP coin is from...
I have a website on VOTA types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ They are common. In the late fourth century, many are AE4s with VOT/X/MVLT/XX in...
Being a generalist, I have bought some Parthian coins, but I didn't try to fill out the series or pick up rarities. Back when I bought this coin...
Some historians say that all the tetrarchs look alike. In some stylistic sense that is so, but in detail it is not. I happen to like coins of...
@nicholasz219 , I love your spelled-out vota-year coins. Excellent!
@Andres2 , your OP coin is beautiful. Here is a sestertius of Otacilia Severa: [ATTACH] 30 mm. 19.92 grams. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA ACG CONCORDIA...
Those are excellent Turkoman bronzes. Arabic in a CT post! I wouldn't know what to insert or how to insert it. I have a web page with references...
Offer them here on CoinTalk at the "for-sale" forum: https://www.cointalk.com/forums/for-sale/ If you price them at full retail they probably...
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