The coolest thing about it was that this was design contest open to the public. The winner was a 27-year-old graphic designer named Matthew Dent....
You have a good amount of information for most of your coins, but let me shed some additional light on your Constantius II campgate. You're quite...
For those who might have trouble reading the entire obverse legend, it's: FLCONSTANTISBEAC Not really a clue, just a clarification.
The last show I went to, I attended on day one to get first crack at some of the new stock my favourite dealers had just acquired and had never...
Oh yeah, and to answer another question you might now have... Yes, it's real. Your friend found an honest-to-gosh real ancient Roman coin lying...
Interesting thing to find in a car. It's a bronze coin of Constantine I. The type was struck in a variety of mints between about 311-316 AD....
Well, yeah. Obviously. But seriously, now. What's the melt value?
I have an overstruck Byzantine coin. Am I a millionaire, or a multi-millionaire? Tell me, tell me!
Here's a couple of pictures I took of the real thing to compare. [ATTACH] The three-level base design on the coin is actually recognizable. This...
Our fakes are so close, I thought we might have a die-match (or, more accurately, a mold-match). But there seem to be a few small differences....
I own zero slabbed coins, and the first thing I would do if I bought one is get it out of there. Having an ancient coin in a slab detracts from...
I enjoy keeping an eye out for prop coins in period movies. I haven't seen The Man Who Would Be King in years, so I'll have to revisit it and...
It's a very fuzzy photo and hard to make out details. But no overt Christian icons appear on Constantinian coinage until after his death. Even...
It's Constantine II. The obverse legend reads CONSTANTINVS IVN NC (Constantinus Junior Nobilissimus Caesar AKA Constantine II, Most Noble Caesar).
[ATTACH] Figure 5.5 - Mushier still in this later denarius. [ATTACH] Figure 5.6 - Judging by these museum reproductions, Roman coinage got...
Late last fall, I took a three-week trip to the Mediterranean. My goal: to find and buy a selection of fake ancient coins from shady dealers in...
Good call. Now that you mention it, that looks like the Apis Bull on the reverse.
The first one is probably Gallienus, but the portrait is upside-down and none of the legend has survived. The "spotted" beard is pretty typical of...
[ATTACH] Figure 4.17 - Extra amounts of dirt were applied to this Roman Republic denarius, but the sharp edge instantly gives it way as fake....
[ATTACH] Figure 4.13 - Two examples of a Constantius I fake, but with different amounts of spray applied. Apparently the fake desert patina also...
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