I have kept coins in the crockpot for a few weeks. you have to refill the water as needed and brush them every couple of days. I use a denture...
there are lots of different ways to clean coins. I have cleaned thousands and used many methods like chemicals - bases (sodium hydroxide) and...
I hope that you did not pay much for them. I have a jar full of coins that are in at least as good condition that I would be ashamed to take money...
Yes, VRBS is mostly off the flan. Below is an example from the first workshop. [ATTACH]
This type was issued for all three Emperors at the time- Gratian, Theodosius I and Valentinian II, so I don't believe there is any refence to...
it's from Constantinople-- the mintmark is CONS[?]...the question mark representing the workshop which I can't make out.
Neither Martinian nor Licinius would have struck coins for Constantine during this period because of the circumstances surrounding the elevation...
one reason it sold for so much might be because it a rarer spear forward bust, versus the more common spear over shoulder.
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"
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