here's a pretty poor coin that is barely recognizable, but it is a rare type with a workshop not listed in RIC Constantine I A.D. 320 18x19mm...
Actually sometimes Indium, which is slightly radioactive is found in some LRB alloys; there is, however, no need for concern as it is...
my thesis -- Constantine the Great: The Coins Speak https://independent.academia.edu/VictorClark
That's the crux of the Pirenne thesis, named after medievalist Henri Pirenne and author of the book "Mohammed and Charlemagne"
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Trajan issued a SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI type [ATTACH] and Constantine I also issued this type after he defeated Maxentius [ATTACH] Constantine...
This coin is not a Late Roman Bronze, but rather a Late Roman Brass [ATTACH] Commemorative A.D. 348 16mm 1.4gm OBV: ROMA, draped bust of...
unlisted workshop for Constantius II Arles campgate http://tinyurl.com/zhtn73a
that's why I said "poor attempt at copying" or perhaps a fantasy piece only inspired by it
No, it's not mine, just an example to illustrate what they look like. I am not really interested in early Imperial, only Late Roman bronze.
it looks like a poor attempt at copying a Nero port of Ostia coin [ATTACH]
I understood what you were saying, but I am a little defensive about numismatics and history, probably PTSD from grad school. :playful: I had to...
Not long ago I read another book dealing with numismatics and the Hellenistic world, "Lost World of the Golden King" by Frank L. Holt. Here is...
I would argue that history and ancient numismatics are integral to each other. the poet W.H. Auden agreed- Serious historians study coins and...
Not everyone praised Magnus though. "The most important primary source of the period was written by Ammianus Marcellinus who has nothing good to...
unlisted bust Constantius II VICTORIA AVGVSTORV from Lyons http://tinyurl.com/zt2tgqj
I have seen about a half dozen, counting the three misattributed on Wildwinds, two of which are cuirassed like yours, but not in as good condition.
Hunter cross references to RIC 167 and RIC does not note the reverse legend breaks.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I just checked "Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet vol IV" and it lists an IOVI FVLGERATORI for Diocletian with the...
here's another ROMAE AETERNAE with the Eros cryptogram Licinius I A.D. 320 20mm 3.2gm IMP LI-CINIVS AVG; helmeted and cuirassed bust right. ROMAE...
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