Yes, these coins were struck by Domitius Domitianus.
a little ammonia would likely take the encrustations off.
the bird helps to distinguish it from other series, but is not what makes it special. here's another one from Constantius I [ATTACH]
I just bought this Maximianus GENIO POPVLI ROMANI from Alexandria. Is it special...if so why? [ATTACH]
that is actually the Siscian style for this issue, though this unofficial issue does not get it quite right.
it's an unofficial VLPP of Constantine I http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/
it's not illegal.
if you haven't got it yet, I recommend The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine by Hugh Cloke and Lee Toone.
You have posted the wrong picture or you misattributed this one a bit.
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 328 19x20mm 3.2gm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; head with rosette diademed, looking up to heavens CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE;...
when researching ancient coins (or anything) always keep occam's razor in mind- "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions...
you know the saying "anything is possible" but there is another saying -- "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
the male type is often referred to as being Vercingetorix. It is not a coincidence at all when taken in context of what was happening at the...
The obverse is described as "Head of Gallia" in references. The most classes I ever took in a semester was six...I was at school from 9 am to 9...
it's a Bronze anonymous follis, class G it was struck during the reign of Romanus IV, A.D. 1068- 1071
No, it's not mine. I think that I scanned the picture from a book.
my favorite type from Jovian-- Jovian A.D. 363- 364 25x27mm 8.0gm DN IOVIANVS P F P P AVG- rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right....
from an earlier post-- the medallion from Rome commemorating the Danube bridge-- [ATTACH]
but isn't this the ancient coins board?
be careful with the bull coins...recently a "hoard" of fake Cyzicus coins have been introduced, many on eBay by sellers like saxbys-coins. They...
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