Maximus is rightly criticized for the murder of a christian bishop named Priscillian and a number of his followers. Though the reasons for the...
Why don't you take a picture of it? I may not be able to ID the Emperor, but I might be able to recognize the mint from the style of the portrait.
Thanks guys. I will certainly have to visit Trier one day. Here are some of the more humorous portraits of Magnus Maximus on Siliquae from Trier....
" I was called in two words of three letters each: an "Italian of the Jewish persuasion." @Insider So I take it that you are of Italian descent?
Thanks guys! Good question. My current avatar will always have a place in my heart as it was/is my first Siliqua, but damn that new coin just...
I am speechless... That coin is amazing!!!!!!
It should come to no surprise that I like Emperor Magnus Maximus. Some of the reasons are because he was the last strong man of the Western Roman...
Bloody crusades!:mad::shifty: Nice write up Fitz!
Nice one bud!;)
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Nice one you have there. Here is a rare Siliqua likely minted during the siege of Rome, from the Rome mint. [ATTACH] Honorius AR Siliqua 407-08 CE...
I'm not going to lie, I love late Roman coins from the Rome mint. The style for their coins from the 350's to the 390's are some of the best...
Almost done with my 1914 intial WW1 combatant coin set, just need to nail down a coin from Montenegro. Here is the second to last coin for the...
It never hurts to take a small break from collecting LRBS and Siliquae!;) [ATTACH] OBVERSE – "Ginza" / "Jouze" ; Ginza is the foundry that makes...
Wish all the Roman Emperors had these Mosaics made, or if they did then I wish more of them had survived. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] About Extremely Fine,...
@Victor_Clark Here is a paper that I think you may like. Personally I think it's one of the better papers on the URBS ROMA in the late Empire....
Probably, the Emperor had his own box but he still was visible and he did play a role in the opening ceremony. In the Late Empire however, the...
That reminds me, I need to get a Tetradrachm of that Ptolemy(VIII) who sawed his son into pieces and sent the remains to his sister/wife for her...
Love the description of Valentinian I VALENTINIAN I: "Stately in appearance; body muscular and strong; fair and radiant complexion; eyes blue in...
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