Correct. RIC IV 84; Bland 24. Struck AD 247-248. http://ettuantiquities.com/Philip_1/Philip1-Bland-list.htm
You're thinking of Magnus Maximus.
The key piece of data in this study is the fingerprint of the mines. Ancient Judaea is an extremely well studied area that is much better...
And who were the Augusti at the time?
A hint - the full reverse legend is PAX [AVGGG] / S/P/MLXX[...]
Fairly common. But not the kind of thing that is usually found in the junk box.
A billon tetradrachm of the Sasanian king Ardaxsir I, from the Ctesiphon mint.
Usually your little quizzes are on things in which I have little or no interest. But in this case, I would have snapped up as many of these as I...
I can't see the bubbles in the picture. But I don't like the kind of sharp, uneven edge. All of the Anne patterns that I've had were rather finely...
Sorry, I had posted a rather snarky and slightly rude post. I immediately thought better and deleted it, but the forum requires some content, so I...
Let's wait for better pictures. If I'm wrong, I will happily apologize.
It can be abraded, but this is not what it would look like.
This is not true. "Heat and pressure" would melt gold, not corrode it.
No offense, but how long have you been collecting? How many gold coins have you handled? How many from medieval Europe?
THIS COIN IS NOT GOLD. Gold does NOT corrode like this. This is a small bronze/billon coin of (presumably Western) Europe, probably 14th-17th...
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I'd love to see the last three. You should start a new thread.
http://www.roman-britain.org/places/wareham.htm Citation needed!
By the way, the creature depicted on the territorial arms of the Philippines is a heraldic sealion. This is often confused with a hippocamp, which...
The part of the brain is named after the mythical beast.
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