Sulla, You were allowed to view the whole book online? I was only allowed to see 18 pages, without joining for a 30-day free trial membership,...
Nick, Thanks, YSAC. That is, Your suggestions are convincing!
What do those acronyms LSC and PM stand for?
Roman Collector's latest acquisition, that he shows above, has particularly clear depressions surrounding the letters S - C on reverse.
For absolute chronology one of course has to start with the dated coinages of Pius and Marcus Caesar. They are the key for dating the coinages of...
My chronology for Faustina's latest two obv. legends under Pius, based on the sequence of her rev. types and hairdos and with dates supplied by...
In BMC I of 1923, Harold Mattingly argued at length for the attribution of Nero's globe bronzes to Lugdunum, and regarded that conclusion as...
Sydenham grouped the coins into Series. His 745 belonged to his Series 35, c. 82-79 BC.
@Sulla80 Your second and third attributions are correct: second coin is Rome, probably early in reign, c. June-July 193 because of straight not...
Alexandria's style is so characteristic that it is not presumptuous to assign the Severan denarii of that same style to 'Alexandria'. The mints...
Martin, I have a specimen from the same dies as the third one you illustrate from your own collection; ex Triskeles E10, 19 Dec. 2013, part lot...
For a detailed evaluation of Woytek's excellent catalogue see my review article in Numismatic Chronicle 172, 2012, pp. 347-362.
By far the best reference, though unfortunately in German: B. Woytek, Die Reichsprägung des Kaisers Traianus, Vienna 2010. Lists dozens of...
Ryro, Isn't your coin of Volusian, IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG / CONCORDIA AVGG seated, RIC 168?
Of course I will be interested! What will Beckmann have to say, for example, about the dates of birth and death of Marcus' and Faustina's...
A scarce type with wreath in both hands! I think Nemo's and Doug's are not from the same rev. die, however.
16c writes EXERC in the rev. legend, while 18 has EXERCITVS fully written out.
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