1. IL 1:50 1/50 lb 2. omicron (greek 70) 1/70 lb - had to look it up :) 3. xi (greek 60) 1/60 lb I've no idea what the Antioch IS/INT mark means,...
Nice catch - a rare variant. This is the 5th I've seen from this issue with the globe held inwards, and notably 4/5 are this scarce RIC 122 with...
I just received this coin today, interesting both in of itself, and for it's provenance. [ATTACH] Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Rev: SPES REIPVBLICAE...
Buying more attractive / higher quality coins certainly makes sense from the point of view of eventual resale, and hopefully either getting most...
According to Google search results, Tom Wood of Chi-Rho.com used to be in business with Paul Landsberg as part of Ephesus Numismatics who are...
That's a tall order for a Constantine collector, but here's something pretty close... This is a cast copy (mine) of a bronze Constantine...
All the before/after examples of Verdicare use I've seen are on modern(ish) coins where their is either a *very* thin layer of verdigris covering...
Here's some coins appropriate to the occasion. I apologize for the poor quality photos - just took them a second ago with my iPhone. In 285 AD...
OK, but if that's the sequence of events, with both of Bidder 4's bids coming *after* yours, then why might they be considered as bidder #4, not...
What I still don't understand here is the first bid 605 CHF from Bidder # 4. At this point the other two highest bids were 380 CHF (Bidder # 3)...
Do you mean marked denomination, or marked value, or either ? As far as marked values, Licinius I in 321 AD introduced a new denomination,...
Here's one that cost me $25 in 2005. [ATTACH] Kinda prescient of Stacks to predict that someone would be phenomenally allured to that coin (to...
Hi @robinjojo, that's a great coin, and actually dates a bit earlier. It's RIC VI Antioch 73a, dating to 305 AD - the first abdication issue....
Well, what "emojis" *are* is those little smile/wink/frown etc pictures that people can add to their internet messages. They are used to add some...
Here's two bust variants of Maximinus Daia's PROV. DEOR. abdication type for Diocletian, with heads of Sol and Jupiter on his mantle. RIC VI...
What is that @furryfrog02 ? How big is it ?
Diocletian's c.294 AD monetary reform had introduced the pure silver argenteus and 5% silver nummus. [ATTACH] But the nummus at ~10g was a...
[ATTACH] I think this is the best I can do: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINCIPI with 16mm diameter = (3.14 * 16) / 25 = 2.01 mm/letter :(
The RIC 77a attribution is correct, as is the date (which comes from the attribution), but of course this 306-307 date range is 3rd tetrarchy, and...
I think we really need to look at the overall pattern of coinage to see where this fits in, and note that during the tetrarchy it's normal for any...
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