Giuseppe Lunardi - Le Monete delle Colonie Genovesi. And I don't have an answer to your question on how to differentiate. I don't know if we can...
It seems I did record well, here is the entry from Lunardi: [ATTACH] Perhaps the design did originate at an Imperial mint, but was imitated in...
I have posted this one before, mainly for the interesting reverse countermark (the small crescent over the chi-iota star at the left of the M) but...
What is the weight of the B - reversed B specimen. I wonder if it isn't actually an imitation, similar to the ones assigned to the Genoese...
If that were the case, then PF PP AVG would be rather redundant: [ATTACH] There's also an earlier hint (but not too early) into what PF would...
I think rather than perpetuus felix, PF stands for pius felix, while PP stands for perpetuus. At least that's what I gathered from 4th century...
One way to try to answer this question is with a comparison between the output of coinage between the late Roman Empire and Renaissance and early...
It's a very nice type and well-centered.
All look to be made by the same hand as the ones I pointed to above.
For historians and archaeologists coins are useful in dating things but usually in tandem with other goods to get the overall time frame of a...
I think the coin might be a fake, especially as it looks on the last two pics you have added. Take a look here for similar products of this...
Always nice seeing your posts @Tejas [ATTACH]
I think "scarce" is an understatement for this consular bust.
Interesting, thank you for your input!
Merovingian (and also Visigothic) AE is so understudied.
Fine engraving like that you usually see on gold.
I'm not sure it's the same countermark tho.
I've always liked this type, which is rather scarce. It was probably minted briefly before Magnus Maximus invaded Italy in 387: [ATTACH]
Such great style. Ostrogothic coinage is so well curated.
A little Theodahad decanummia AE15mm 2.71g [ATTACH] Together with its tickets: - an older one [ATTACH] - and a newer one [ATTACH] The coin...
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