Happy Sunday everybody, I had a question about the Solidus with Theodosius I auctioned today at Leu. Lot 3010 if the below link doesn’t work....
...of the Tetrarchy It is of course impossible to complete an ancient coin collection. We all know that factoid. I did however complete (for...
Good morning everyone, I absolutely love large bronze coins. For complete disclosure, I also like silver, gold, all kinds of AE and even billon...
Happy Friday! The below denarius has really good surfaces, even if some of the legend got squished or clipped off the compact flan. This coin has...
Happy Friday! History sometimes is stranger than fiction: With the death of Constantius in 306 A.D. and the success of the war in Britain, many...
Happy Friday! The below Trajan was acquired because I like the fine style of the portrait and the reverse with Aequitas is well struck even with...
Happy Sunday everyone, I have recently been following tetradrachm's issued under Imperial Rome (I'm representing Syria/Anatolia here). I've...
Titus Flavius Vespasianus may have acquired the nickname "mulio" due to his entry into mule-trading trade to rebuild his finances after wasting a...
Happy Saturday, Curious if anyone had a view on the below Constantine ae3 in terms of reference. It fits RIC VII London 99 if that's PLN in the...
Happy Sunday, The Adoptive Emperors minted their coins during a period of unheard of stability. Plenty of wars, but not the type of rip yourself...
From time-to-time history has a way of being more dramatic than theater. By that I mean there are periods of time in the Roman Empire, that if...
Good evening, I'm in the process of researching about 20 later Roman Bronzes in the Constantinian to Valentinian era. that were found in...
Happy Sunday everyone, You may be wondering how the Emperors listed in the title are linked. Well we know Trajan and Antoninus Pius were related...
Greetings, My usual - a coin, a bit of history and a billion photography questions. 190 A.D. was pretty close to Commodus' full descent into the...
Good Sunday everyone! As the title suggests I don't like owning ancient coins...as much as I like looking at varieties and finding ones I haven't...
Maximus is Latin for "the greatest". Several emperors had Max in their names. Wishful thinking or a great set of characters for a coin legend....
What is everyone's preference for photo size? How do you keep your collection of pictures organized? Particularly in this world of less...
"Siliqua vicesima quarta pars solidi est, ab arbore, cuius semen est, vocabulum tenens." A siliqua is one-twentyfourth of a solidus [coin] and the...
Evening, Below is a solid sestertius from Antoninus Pius and a silver coin from Caracalla. [IMG] Antoninus Pius sestertius struck in Rome after...
I'm starting off with the money shot, and it goes without saying I'm still learning how to take pictures/playing with equipment but the coin is...
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