The two victories type comes with a variety of items in the middle including many with nothing. I show a Constans but it could equally well be...
They have the look as being from the same hoard even thought the 3rd and 4th are not Antioch. These coins circulated and mixed. The Cyzicus and...
Probus was the fanciest dresser of all the emperors. His coins show hundreds of variations on his attire, shields and poses. Add to that his...
They also come with A (below) or theta in place of the H but I do not know the meaning. I understand the more globular ones are earlier. I...
Anomaly or not, I believe you need to get more light on the face. Perhaps it would not look quite so bad if you lowered the overall contrast on...
What is the weight and diameter?
I really believe this demonstrates how many people who saw the lot knew who Narseh was and cared enough to want that particular coin. A...
Dr. John Bridges' Defence of the Government of the Church of England, 1587: "If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of...
No to 1 and no to 2! (1)Are you really denying the existence of the thousands of Imperial portraits in paint, bronze and marble that are...
My experience with Starr was getting the book many years ago before I realized that I would never have a coin included in it. I find it amazing...
This thread is coming close to showing a coin from each of the mints active in this period. Who has the rest to share? I'll add a MHTB Heraclea...
[ATTACH] This tetradrachm of Antioch is dated in two systems right of the eagle. It is year 7 of Nero's reign and year 109 of the Caesarean era....
In my earlier days I benefited greatly from knowing several collectors through a coin club and was given honest education by some dealers I saw in...
Let us not forget the Parthians who occasionally dated coins not just to year but to month. The example below of Volagases IV reads Apelaioy (in...
I find it is not safe to judge a coin's date by the age of the face. The 7Calbrey example is relatively early so Constantine is younger than on...
While I agree with TIF regarding pricing a coin when you are seeking to buy a specific type small Greek bronzes have to have something going for...
I understand there is some disagreement on to what degree the early electrum coins were made from naturally found metal and how much of it was...
[ATTACH] In 1998, I was not 100% certain of the ID's assigned to some of the young looking portraits on coins bearing the name Valerian....
A fourree but it fits the theme. [ATTACH]
All three are players in the story of religious relics (True Cross, Ark of the Covenant)?
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