Cucumbor is right as usual..I think this is your exact coin: obv: DN VALENS PF AVG rev: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE TESA in exergue :smile...
Ja!...DN GRATIANVS PF AVG GLORIA ROMANORVM :)
Bone, I believe this is your second one of these.It's from Thrace for sure but the area is Maroneia...hence the MAR on the left side and the Omega...
Bone,first thing I notice is the hole in the reverse and it struck a chord.Next,I see what could be a curly bearded portrait on the obverse along...
Doug, Thank you so much.I had a bit of trouble opening them but finally got Adobe to cooperate.I've been trying to find this info for years!:bow:...
Double post..oops!
Can I wear my glasses?:(
I'm looking forward to seeing the photos baracus. Did you know that the stars on the reverse of early Scottish coins were actually mintmarks? In...
Cucumbor, I didn't know that.All the things I've read say that they were introduced in about 211 BC at the same time as the denarius,had a brief...
baracus, Your coin was probably clipped back in the day,to obtain change for the larger coin.This was extremely common and hundreds are found in...
As far as I know,there is only one finish.If you look carefully at the larger pic I posted,you'll see that the finish is not really shiny but...
OK...I went to photograph some of my "brown" Ike proof dollars 'cause I remembered that at least 2-3 of them had heavy hazing.I set up the shot...
Her's a pic I posted a long time ago that illustrates just how thick these things are.
Personally,I'd like to collect all the different varieties of SGS slabs.Are they in this book as well?:D
That's super cool...I don't have one like that.Wasn't that a Doors tune? C'mon baby light my pyre.
By the time Septimus Severus became emperor,the quinarius had been discontinued for almost 300 years,You must be mistaken about the...
Ian, Those are beautiful,especially the siver.I was wondering why your 1752 2L doesn't look exactly like mine while the 1751 4L looks identical...
I already posted my elephant coin at the same time as my "snakes on a coin".Julius Caesar with elephant stomping a snake (talk about Freudian...
I want to thank everyone for their input but I have to say that Bart nailed it down to perfection...Thanks B!! Aiden's right,you da man!
Yes,it's Theodosius and the reason you're not sure is that Wildwinds doesn't have this coin on their site from Thessalonica.Here is the Aquileia...
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