There are features that tend to be found on posthumous or lifetime issues, some more reliable than others, but to be sure you need to identify...
It can't be Serdica or Ostia (those mints were not active at all under Constantius II, as far as I know, and definitely not for this type of...
I don't think the dot has anything to do with the mint. On these it might be a centering dot which can appear anywhere. If you look at the...
For those kind of coins, among USA auctioneers, I might also consider Stephen Album (all kinds, but they specialize in Central Asian coins,...
Ah, yes, the RIC 337, I believe. Here's my example, which I must've picked up about 15 years ago, but didn't record where. (Consigned it once but...
Great result! If Woytek gave it its own type in that vol. he probably will in RIC II.2 as well. Until then still not in RIC!
In general that works well if you just want to know a catalog number and the coin type is well known. But when the answer is less obvious, there...
Continued... RIC II (1926 edition) is organized differently from BMCRE3, which gives a somewhat different impression. [Edited out a misreading...
Interesting coin and good catch! I think you would want to check what the print volume of RIC has to say about it, not just OCRE. There is a lot...
Look at that! I think our L.BVCA's (480/8) are from the same die pair! They are in different die-states & struck a bit too quickly w/ different...
Actually, I think it's definitely Septimius Severus from the mint at Cappadocia, Caesarea, struck in 194 CE. Reverse legend reads: MHTΡO...
It's a great coin, but that one you linked (Antoninus Pius Drachm from Egypt, Alexandria) is different in several important ways. (Impossible for...
Congratulations -- a very respectable Julius Caesar portrait denarius! I understand the sentiment perfectly. I felt I "needed" one but it took a...
Definitely not Alexandria but a very interesting type: that's a Baetyl in the temple, weird giant stones (sometimes meteorites) thought to be...
2023 Lost & Found Provenances, Part One was for Greek coins. Now, Roman Provincial. The Provinces are the prime real estate – for cultivating...
VICTORY/NIKE CROWNS... ... Elagabalus while he steps on bound captives (Dacians, most likely): [ATTACH] ... Jovian while he helpfully holds her...
Yup. It's hard to read because the "ΑΛ" (AL in THESSALONIKEON) looks like an M, but you can read the "ΣΣΑΛΟΝ" on the right side of the reverse....
Interesting period of Roman history -- and very interesting period of Roman coinage. I notice especially the top OP coin (Crawford RRC 56/7...
Great little Arcadius with beautiful green patina! I absolutely adore late Roman AE4s and passionately believe they get FAR too little love. I...
I'm stumped, other than that these Antioch bronzes are cool coins in general. (I.e., of Philip I of type RPC VIII Temp. 69845 ; McAlee 104.)
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