I'd say harshly cleaned, but genuine.
I'm okay with the above two. But, surely extra creatures on the other side would be good, too. This gives four times the score to a coin with an...
This REX ARETAS type is "busy" and often the flans are too small for the dies. Not many Republican types try to put that much information one one...
@robinjojo , that's a nice XXX coin. The XXX denomination was also issued by Phocas, 602-610: [ATTACH] Phocas (= Focas) 602-610 30-28 mm....
I agree that lots 546-571 are modern fakes. 653-665 are too. That sort of fabric was never seen until a few counterfeiters starting making silly...
Here is a Byzantine coin of an unusual denomination, 30. Most early Byzantine AE coins are 40 (M or XXXX), 20 (K or XX), 10 (I or X), 5 (Є or V)...
Here is a page on the coins of the First Tetrarchy, which he founded: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/ [ATTACH] Diocletian 27 mm. 8.37...
[ATTACH] Diocletian. 22 mm. 4.99 grams. RIC V.II 306 Cyzicus Bought on eBay in 2010 for less than $20, shipping included.
The OP type is on page 42, plate VIII #3 of Die Römische Münzserie BEATA TRANQVILLITAS in der Prägestätte Trier 321-323 by Dieter Alten an...
Do you see the "A" in MAXIMIANVS on your first coin? I think I see "MAXIMINVS".
[ATTACH] Anonymous. 115 or 114 BC. 20 mm. 3.92 grams. No distracting reverse lettering. Beautifully composed with Roma seated on a stack of...
Where I live among seven local banks only one has large safe-deposit boxes. It doesn't take many coins to fill up the typical small safe-deposit...
This coin arrived today from Europe, which confirms shipments are still coming. It is interesting to me because I have been studying the...
Here is a web article on the CONSTANTINOPOLIS type: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html
I love the Norwich book(s). They concentrate on stories of the emperors, as opposed to discussions of the state. If you want to know about the...
Correct. There are more unusual denominations in that era than you might first think from looking a many coins from Diocletian through...
I think there are only two editions, the second and much better and more inclusive edition is from 1987. There have been new printings since then,...
That's a different issue, from much later, for Constans and Constantius II, c.347-8. No, they are very-low-value coins made of copper.
Fractional folles, sometimes called "quinarii," were minted c. 290 to c. 326. Most have vota types. There are over 200 varieties, but most...
I wonder those over in the US-coin forum ever have any fun like we do? Or, is all they ever discuss grades, problems, and doubled-dies? We have...
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