I was just pulling your leg... :) But I was actually a bit surprised by the "Victorian French coins" concept...
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[ATTACH] This one is a small one : AE 13 mm, 2.90 g. It comes from Tunisia.
[ATTACH] An 11th c. anonymous follis with Jesus and his mother Mary
Euh... What is a "Victorian" French coin? Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom (England + Wales + Scotland + Ireland) but the British...
There was something funny about a coin of Valerian. In Hegra (Saudi Arabia) an antoninianus of Valerian was found, among many other Roman coins....
[ATTACH] Valentinian II, Constantinople, 378-383. [ATTACH] Theodosius I, Cyzicus, 383-388 [ATTACH] Honorius, Antioch, 392-395 [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] COR(nelia) SALONINA AVG(usta) / PVDICITIA There is also this one, not so well struck : [ATTACH] FECVNDITAS AVG(usta)
[ATTACH] Valerian (253-260), sestertius. AE 30 mm, 16.85 g. Rome, 255-256 Obv.: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: Laureate and cuirassed bust, right...
[ATTACH] "Phoinix" means a Carthaginian, but also a palm-tree.
So young... I did not know him but I feel sad.
Very nice !!!
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The bronze coinage of ancient Carthage is rather boring. During 250 years, from c. 400 to 146 BC, it's always the same types : on obverse the head...
Congrats ! this green patinated follis is a wonderful specimen. Here are two (not so nice) others : [ATTACH] 1 : Constantinople mint, year XII....
The legend is ΛΑΜ / ΨΑ ( Λαμψα(κηνῶν) ) but written in boustrophedon: the first line from left to right, the 2nd line from right to left, etc.
[ATTACH] Claudius, dupondius, AE 28 mm, 13.88 g, 6 h. Obv.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left Rev.: [CERES] AVGVSTA / S C, Ceres...
[ATTACH] AE 24 mm, 4.68 g.
Could it be a coin of Kaunos in Caria?
Conspicuous noses have been a beauty standard during some periods. In 17th c. France, for example. There is a famous quote of Blaise Pascal : "Le...
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