Yes, sorry I mis-typed (as I am oft to do after some whiskey); but the legend is normal, or at least a normal variation. It's the dot placement...
Here is inside one of my Carthage trays. These are Lighthouse 20 compartment trays (42x42mm). Most of the Carthage coins are fairly large at 25mm...
Dots serve a variety of uses. Sometimes they are used to show that there is a break between words-- [ATTACH] the coin above has a dot on the...
Yes, you have it right with Antioch 63. Lots of campgates have mystery dots. Sometimes these are left over from the engraving process and other...
Thank you for the kind comments. It's been over 30 years, with several realignments, but I think that I might be getting a handle on my interests.
I have been organizing my collection a bit. Here are the trays and web pages for the trays if i have one. [ATTACH]...
It was painful...but I'm glad it is going to a good home.
For dating of Lugdunum coins, I usually defer to Bastien and he dated it to A.D. 290- 291
The conversion of Constantine actually curtailed religious freedom as there was only one religion that was favored and he began passing...
I have added quite a few coins of Diocletian recently and several are from his sole reign, before Maximianus was elevated to Augustus in A.D. 286....
Here is a Severina denarius [ATTACH] Severina A.D. 270 - 275 Ӕ Denarius 19x20mm 2.8g SEVERINA AVG; Diademed, draped bust right. VENVS...
I just catalogued this scarcer type [ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 288 Ӕ Antoninianus 22mm 3.4g IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG; Radiate bust left...
I'm sure that other people have this set also. It was actually not very difficult to acquire the coins as none are particularly rare. It only took...
I collect many different themes and most will never be complete. I am pretty actively adding to my campgates collection and other sets as I find...
I just got the last example that I need to have a Galeria Valeria from each mint that issued coins in her name. These were only struck in the...
"Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of archaeology and numismatics, holding up the Phoenician coin." [ATTACH]
https://www.numisbids.com/sale/301/lot/428 [ATTACH] https://www.ikmk.at/object?id=ID116992 [ATTACH]
I am pretty sure that it accidentally broke rather than being cut in half. From what I can see, the metal looks very brittle and coins like this...
Yes, I got it from my grandmother years ago.
here's how they were originally packaged [ATTACH]
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