the first is an AE prutah issued by Antonius Felix, who was procurator of Judaea (A.D. 52-60) under the emperor Claudius the second is a FEL TEMP...
Yes, it is fake. The real deal is a famous and quite pricey type. see this genuine port of Ostia example that sold for $24,500 [ATTACH]
I have 8 coins of Postumus from the 1833 Mildenhall Hoard. [ATTACH]
I don't know that there is a website for this type. I used a book to ID it called "Alexandrian Coins" by Emmett, Keith. You can see other...
it's Diocletian with Eusebeia on the reverse
Here's the article from David Woods-- https://www.academia.edu/8749714/Julian_Arles_and_the_Eagle this theory also explains why there is an...
My only Julian II...it has an eagle on the top of the wreath with a theory being it was because the mint supervisor might have been named Aquila...
Galba doesn't clean them though...a friend of his does the cleaning.
lots of different small nosed busts for Gordian III [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] especially compare OP coin below with...
TES is not an option...the mintmark for Thessalonica would be SMTS[A]
The question, as posed by the article, is "was the ancient Roman coin a fake". So not asking what it is; but rather is it genuine.
Gordian III [ATTACH] Gordian III A.D. 240 AR Antoninianus IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from...
from the Codex Theodosianus "If perchance ships should come to any provinces with merchandise, everything shall be sold with the customary...
It doesn't look authentic...it seems like a poor cast copy.
here's one from ACsearch [ATTACH] Mysia. Kyzikos. Pseudo-autonomous issue, c. 1st-2nd century AD. Æ (23mm, 5.91g, 6h). Wreathed head of Kore r....
This is part of a two coin set that have value marks on the reverse-- XII for a half follis and XVI for 2/3 follis [ATTACH] Constantine I AD...
Of course coins could potentially still circulate years later. I have a Constantine I coin that was countermarked as a Spanish 4 maravedis in the...
They are unusual; but found occasionally. Here's two examples that I sold. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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