During the early Byzantine period the Thessalonica mint did not mint copper for Anastasius and did not mint the follis ("M", for 40-nummus)...
Here is a wolf and twins from a city far from Rome: [ATTACH] 29-28 mm. 9.21 grams. At Laodiceia ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria (Syria) IMP C M...
It sounds like you are talking about one city. The drop was nationwide--across all big cities--and cannot be explained by policing in one city....
Ah! My bad! I see it now as a monogram, weak on the right side. Sorry!
There was a drop in crime. The causes have been studied. Put tons of data in and try to let neutral standard statistical techniques tell you what...
That is a very nice nummus with a better bust than most. The ones with "A" (for "1" nummus) are attributed to the reign of Justinian (527-565)...
Those are not the current emperors. That is the reverse. The coin is of Leo IV (775-780) and the obverse has Leo IV and Constantine VI (his son)...
Right. Here is a web page on PROFECTIO coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/
If there were two rulers, one Augustus and one Caesar, Rome used "AVGG" for the plural anyway, even though it looks like it should refer to two...
"ADVENTVS" means "arrival". The arrival of the emperor to Rome was a major event worthy of celebration and commemoration. [ATTACH] Septimius...
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