https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1867-0101-2246 The king of all 'irregular' flans is listed in the above link. [ATTACH]
I agree with most of the recommendations here except ERIC II which I reviewed less than glowingly when it came out....
http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/coins.html I enjoy the above site which has a lot of material on Sasanians. Some material may be dated since its...
I don't see the fabric as matching the Anonymous Pagans but I don't have an ID for you either.
While I admire the Byzantines' work in this regard, I would not go so far as to say 'gotta go'. There was a short period in the middle of...
This reminds me of the theory a couple hundred years ago that the Rhodes 3/4 facing heads depicted Christ wearing a crown of thorns. People see...
My choice is the Sigeion. On what was it overstruck?
I always find it interesting when the copies expands the abbreviations correctly. The die cutter did not stop with AVG but filled the space with...
One of the things you have learned in life is how to read handwriting. Once that meant your grandmothers' handwriting on Christmas letters. Now...
1951 Dickens "Scrooged" is the best in costuming and acting but plays it fast and loose with the story details. The BBC/FX 'augmentation' is...
In general those with a lot of Pudicitia, Pietas or any of the positive characteristics did not issue many coins claiming those virtues. What...
If we are hardcore about calling coins with variations from the norm as 'unofficial' we might have to eliminate quite a few coins that don't...
Caracalla did not kill Septimius and was already in power when he had Geta killed. What we need here is a coin of Thessalonika by someone who...
That is the exact point. $500 to $50,000 can produce one Uranius or 100 other coins in similar condition. We each must decide. I'm a low end...
The big problem here has always been Americans reading grain descriptions in British books not realizing that the two cultures use different words...
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Thanks for posting the link for allcoinage where a couple of my coins appear as Private Collection P. I have learned no more about these coins...
Barry's old page showed seven unofficial coins. I currently have 29 SS coins I consider unofficial but none of either group copies a COS or IMP...
Uranius Antoninius is a coin for people with enough money that they do not care how inconsequential he was and prefer to have that coin than an...
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