This coin is Constantius Gallus Caesar under Constantius II. His coins always have a bare head while Constantius is always shown with a diadem of...
This aquaduct appears again in 56 BC with an issue by a descendant of the 144-140 BC repair/extention Marcius. There can be no doubt that the...
While Bing is right that many will tell you to find a strategy, I'm not one of the many and will tell you to buy coins that appeal to you - speak...
Yes, it is. My swan is not so hot. It is an obol of Mallos, Cilicia, a city whose location is not certain. It was once important enough to have...
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=7928 Good news, Steve. There is a Leda and the swan coin. Bad news. This one brought $98,000. Perhaps...
They were twins by different fathers but not all uses in literature stick as close to the original as others. See the section on this at the...
[ATTACH] Phocaea, Ionia - Silver 1/8 obol? - Late Sixth Century BC - 5mm, .1g Female head 'Smyrna type' left / 4 part incuse - Rosen 598 [ATTACH]...
I've never been a big fan of London coins but I understand how they win the popularity contest here where most of us are English as a primary...
I apologize but now I think I will change teams. I'll now say the OP coin is Trajan. Here is the evidence:...
Another thing: Flans for these drachms were cast in cup shaped depressions so the obverse was thin on the edges compared to the reverse. It is...
The OP coin is LK or year 20. L just means 'year'. It shows a hippo in place of the crocodile shown on the year 13 coin icerain posted. I...
Another soft option is solid copper electrical wire. It comes by the mile but you need about 5 inches to make a piece to hold or 1 inch to put in...
Ripley's Thessalonica is the other end of the range from my child Roma. That mint usually has the thick neck, older look.
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] There is a lot of difference in these mint to mint. Notice how young Roma looks on the first.
I fail to understand this issue. Sear Byzantine page 163 covers it as #855 attributing it to "Khusru II, King of Persia?" including the question...
[ATTACH] Clipped Vandal copy of Honorius siliqua We see very few clipped, early ancients. It became more popular late in the 5th century and...
I find Mars' facial hair interesting. The example of this coin I have is too worn to need a shave.
I am not a big collector of Byzantine but buy some when they appeal for some reason. I always like odd coins so I find appeal a few years after...
Several times in the Roman period there were three emperors but this was not one of them. The coin shown is special because Carausius issued it...
[ATTACH] Anonymous 350-400 AD This one was issued without gold (they had solid gold and silvers also but I don't have those). [ATTACH] Kaleb &...
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