Here is another fibula: [ATTACH] 49 mm. They are pretty common. Usually the pin is broken (and replaced for aesthetics, as with this one).
Modern hokum, I think.
Fortuna is an Italian goddess who appears on many Roman coins. Here is an example: [ATTACH] Diocletian, 28 mm, Trier mint. FORTVNAE REDVCI AVGG...
When one gives an RIC number for this late period, it must be accompanied by the mint. There is an "87" at each mint. "RIC VII 87" does not...
I agree it is a fake. I suppose many of us have a "black cabinet" with some fakes. I have some given to me by friends who didn't know what to do...
I always do that. The question is, would you rather eat or spend that money on another coin? If you collect late Roman bronze, you can buy a coin...
Coins of some emperors are often not well struck. For example, mid third century coins are often struck from worn dies and the reverse dies are...
I won an excellent coin in the Pecumem auction as the only bidder and my limit was well above the minimum. I wonder if some potential bidders...
Here some advice about buying ancient coins: http://esty.ancients.info/numis/buying.html and some comments about auctions in general and eBay in...
Scholars are confident production of barbarous radiates stopped very shortly after the Gallic Empire was reconquered by Aurelian in 273. Why?...
In their catalogs beginning in 2004 the firm Freeman and Sear was offering argenteus pieces from an obviously substantial hoard. I do not know how...
Here is another Leo VI, AD 886-912, with a different Sear number, 1728, with a fancy throne: [ATTACH]
Here is a Magnus Maximus siliqua from Mediolanum (Milan). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 17 mm. 1.50 grams. 12:00 die axis. VIRTVS ROMANORVM MDPS RIC...
I think the "Martin" hint gives it away, Doug.
I tried to go back to the original link in the first post and it had changed to a video about Japanese archery. Here is a link to the original:...
When you read Roman history to don't hear a lot about Roman archery. Of course, the Parthians are famed for archery and most Parthian coins have a...
Okay, if we are going to pick favorites, I pick 5, 2, and 9. I realize 1 is the "best" by far, but I am leaving that type out of the running.
AN, thanks for the reference to the article on "Coinage of the Nezak."
By the way, modern scholarship does not agree with old scholarship on which coins are "Erato." Coin counts showed the old Erato to be,...
TIF, alone a 42 mm coin looks huge, but your 48 mm piece dwarfs that one. A wonderful group!
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