I mentioned one article in the book, "From symbol to likeness: The development of Coin portraits in the Graeco-Persian world." The earliest...
Thank you.
I just got the book in the mail today. I'll answer when I've had more time to look at it. My first reaction after reading the review is that the...
No. Common, and with numerous varieties.[ATTACH] Sear 811. Heraclius 610-641 21-20 mm. 5.43 grams. This one struck year 30, 639/640.
Today got a splendid newly released book in the mail, Portraits: 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits, by Andreas Pangerl. A few years ago I got his...
As a followup to my post above, here is a Valens siliqua which has obviously been clipped: [ATTACH] 15 mm. 1.43 grams. DN VALENS PF AVG VRBS ROMA...
Here is Julian from Lugdunum: [ATTACH] 17 mm. 2.05 grams. FL CL IVLIA-NVS PP AVG VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X in wreath LVG RIC VIII Lyon 219 "Spring 360-26...
Leu wrote in an e-mail today, "no less than 1,098 customers took part in our Web Auction 12". That's a lot of people interested in ancient coins!
Volume 1 is the texts and their translations. You need volume 2 as well to get the commentary. Both are only about Latin or Greek texts that refer...
If you get interested in provincial coins, here is my book review of Butcher's book: "Roman Provincial Coins: An Introduction to the Greek...
It does. It's odd, because half the time we seem to be worrying about the dearth of young collectors following behind us (The hobby is dying!)...
Here is an AE4 of Theodosius (379-395) of the same issue as the OP coin: [ATTACH] 13 mm. 1.24 grams. RIC Cyzicus 26b (if the mint mark is...
I come from the ancients forum. That sort of doubling is common in ancient coins and has nothing (in ancients) to do with a doubled die, rather a...
[ATTACH] Marcinus (right, facing left) and Diadumenian (left, facing right). 28-27 mm. 11.96 grams. Marcianopolis in Lower Moesia Askleopios...
Here is a cute AE4 of Arcadius (383-408). It is only 14 mm and 1.62 grams. [ATTACH] DN ARCADIVS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust...
I'm sorry, but my ancient-coin library is too large to photograph. Think that final scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." :happy:
Here is my London Constantius: [ATTACH] Constantius, 293-305-306 London 27 mm. 9.20 grams FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C nothing in exergue RIC London...
If you want to know more about FIL AVG coins, here is a web site on them: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/FILAVGG/ [ATTACH] Constantine, as FIL AVG...
The Vetranio coin @dougsmit showed is a very deceptive fake. Any other coin that is die-identical to that coin is therefore (highly likely to be)...
The purpose of the "AE#" descriptions is communication. They answer, "How big is the coin?" If we know the denomination, say, "It is a dupondius,"...
Separate names with a comma.
