I got it in the recent Naville auction.
Most of the common FEL TEMP REPARATIO AE coins are of one of five types: soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman, hut, galley, phoenix, or emperor and...
Shapur I: [ATTACH] Sellwood 12. 26-25 mm. 4.18 grams. [ATTACH] Sellwood 14. 23 mm (Distinctly smaller in diameter) 4.11 grams (similar weight)....
[ATTACH] I have read the three-volume series which is great. It is about the people and very entertaining, but maybe too much for beginners. I am...
I see the mintmark as ANBI with S in the upper left field. That makes it RIC Antioch 149 or 151. The position of the horseman makes it 149,...
Most late Roman emperors after Constantine issued a limited number of types. If you get out your reference works and list them all you may find...
[ATTACH] Caracalla, struck 213 at Rome. Libertas standing left holding cap of liberty (pileus) and holding scepter in left. PM TRP XVI COS IIII...
[ATTACH] Hadrian's travel series: GERMANIA. Next: A victory against the Germans
[ATTACH] The late Republic has quite a few unoccupied curule chairs like this one: L. Livineius Regulus. 42 BC. curule chair, three fasces...
That is an excellent example from a special year at its mint, year 16 at Antioch. For the reason it is special, see my site at this spot:...
@Milesofwho , year 15 coins of Justinian are large. What is the maximum diameter of yours? By year 31, @Mat 's is only 32 mm. My year 15 is 40-38...
Theme: Cleopatra VII [ATTACH] 26 mm. 80 drachma Minted at Alexandria, Egypt. This type is famous for showing her nose which does not make it...
Yes, that's always a problem when bidding in auctions, especially those in Europe when shipping can be 15 GPB or 18 euros to the US on a small...
That is an interesting and useful page. I added a link and recommendation to it on my page.
@lucag123 , if you take photos of dark coins on a white background you may have difficulty getting the details of the coins to show--the coins...
I have a web site on these anonymous coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/MaximinusII/ Here is one from my page: [ATTACH] 17 mm. No legend,...
[ATTACH] Gordian II, 238-244, struck 241 for his marriage to Tranquillina. VENVS VICTRIX "Venus Victrix, the triumphant queen of love, is...
If you haven't had the Julian II bull type in hand you might not realize it is 4 mm larger than a US quarter. It is a big coin. [ATTACH] Julian...
@dlhill132 has an excellent Valerian II, IOVI CRESCENTI. It is hard to find one that nice. I settled for a much weaker one that arrived today:...
I'll go out on a limb and say I think the coin is wonderful and virtually without tooling--not enough (if any) to require disclosure. If you begin...
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