My understanding is that Galerius did indeed intend to honor the tetrarchic scheme, just not with Constantine as Augustus. Hence Severus II's...
i’ve been collecting nearly 20 years. All ancients. I’ve had maybe two coins that have had bronze disease. I have around 200 coins. I live in...
I try to take photographs outside during the day or at a brightly lit window. In my experience natural light is best. I don’t really use LEDs....
Yes Glenn, I think that reverse was struck for pretty much all the tetrarchs on earlier antoniniani. But that’s an interesting choice for Galerius...
You might benefit from this thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macro-lens-for-iphone-coin-photography.353462/
Yeah I like that.
That’s an interesting suggestion. I’m trying to think of what was going on in Constantine‘s career in 310 that might prompt him or his die...
[ATTACH] So I recently picked up this scarce-ish LRB of Constantine. These coins were struck only in London, 310-312. The reverse showing...
I like #2 for the toning. Here's mine. Why don't you buy both and I will trade you even for the one you don't keep? I will even throw in the...
That’s really sharp. New dies I guess. Look at all that beading on the reverse!
The ETG campgate is more subtle but it’s there. I picked up the campgate from @Brian Bucklan and the votive from @Valentinian. The Dafne was a...
I love those large (27 mm) tetrarchic folles. They are attractive coins that still can be had on a budget. Here's a nice Galerius follis I picked...
I wonder if the 16th century statue was based on a misinterpretation of the ancient Artemis. Multimammary seems the most logical and intuitive...
Great coins all. I’m slowly adding to my collection of Tetrarchic folles. They can still be had in VF or EF condition fairly reasonably. Yours is...
Nice write-up James. I often wonder if the early London coins of Constantine are most accurate in terms of portrait--if the die engravers had ever...
Purchased from Incitatus Coins. Not a patina offender. The desert patina is genuine. I tasted it.
It is well known that the mint workers at Nicomedia ate a lot of Cheetos.
That’s an interesting suggestion about nudity and Christianity. But as you point out, that clothed Sol with Serapis was contemporaneous with nude...
And here is my FIL AVGG from Siscia, along with my write-up. I think the write-up owes a lot to @Valentinian's fine site. [ATTACH] Upon first...
Here's what I have written elsewhere. BTW, I wish both coins were mine. :woot:. They aren't. There seems to be some discussion about whether the...
Separate names with a comma.
