Valens. A poor anverse, but a visible reverse type GLORIA ROMANORVM with a Chi-Ro inside the banner: [ATTACH]
Right! There were no coinage in other metals at that time in China. At least, not for regular currency.
Hip hip...hoorray!!!!:smug: Great coin, Bing! More than deserved! Here is mine, very fair, but still an CHORTIVS! [ATTACH]
That's true! This coin type (wu zhu) was struck for almost 700 years (since Western Han Dinasty circa 118 B.C. untill Tang Dinasty, about 618 AD),...
A very noble Sallent's attitude! That is how we stimulate the Numismatics in future generations! Congratulations to both of you!
Very nice coin! Bull's eye!
That's right! The Museo Archeologico di Napoli. The collection starts with coins of greek period (Campania and Magna Grecia), through roman and...
I can imagine the chat of these two chinese guys: Hey man, just take one! "Bling" some to your home...
Hi Aussie! About four years ago, I was in Naples. There is an excellent archeological museum there, with some aes signatum like this brick one!
Thank you, @TJC! Your tortoise is exceptional! It's in my want list!
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All my three Saloninas are antoniniani. None are tets...[ATTACH] Silvered antoninianus, RIC V 24, 2.700g, 19.3mm, Rome mint, 260 - 268 A.D.;...
Really so sorry, Sallent. Surely, be sure that wherever he is now, he will always take pride in the son he has created.
I really like this old batavian guy...but unfortunately I just have two, already posted on another topic. And I'm just looking for an Aureolus....
Yeap! I like genealogy. Specially of own my family.
Not so common as FEL TEMP or GLORIA EXERCITVS, but a beautiful campgate from one of the most common emperors: [ATTACH] Billon AE 3, RIC VII...
Here two coins that I have pics now: [ATTACH] Bronze barbarous AE 3, cf. RIC VII Siscia 47 ff. (official, Siscia mint), 2.433g, 17.9mm, after...
Excellent post, @seth77! Very interesting, as well as the coins!
Great coins! Unfortunately, in my collection there is a lack of these brothers...
This is a very interesting point. The first islamic coins were the types arab-byzantine and arab-sasanian. The most of these types, at least on...
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