PS: $500 for that Romae Aeternae example at vcoins is funny. Oops, looks like the seller accidentally added an extra zero... or...
I have a Postumus with a MONETA AVG reverse... I was never able to figure out if it was RIC 75 or 315... which are the same but from different...
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG RDC CONCORDIA MILI Concordia standing with two standards Siscia RIC V-1, 192 Siscia; Sear 11518 A nice coin with...
It looks like Claudius but Aurelian I think! Nice coin by the way!
Here's a tasty snack that arrived this week. $16 for this and another lesser Diocletian/Maximian Tetradrachm. It has a really great glossy...
Wow... I didn't know there was a coin with a mummy reverse! I must find one of these.... Congrats!
Nice coin! I have a Gordian III with a similar countermark on the neck. Then while researching this coin, I found quite a few similar examples...
I’m no expert, but it does look like the portrait on coins of the Tetrarchy from after Diocletian’s monetary reforms. Look at the GENIO era coins...
I don't think that his comment was intended to be an attack on academics or academic material. It was just a comment on the sad reality of what...
There are a few versions of your Gordian III but the key to choosing the right one is that it is an Antoninianus (radiate crown) rather than...
Ooh! Very cool coins! #1 Appears to be a tetradrachm from Alexandria of an empress with an eagle on the reverse with wings spread facing right....
I'd take the 10 very nice but lower cost coins... but that Magnentius is great too. I have one of those I bought for the cost of one of your group...
Could be TRP = Trier You’ll have to see if that fits with the coin type. Even if the coin was posted in another thread, it would help to have a...
Hint 2: On the reverse... that's a wreath to the left (that you can just barely see in the lower left) and a gamma to the right... start there.
Hi Jacob, Yeah, if you're not familiar with coins of the period of the one you are looking to identify... it can be tough. If you have any...
I think the second one is Licinius I with some sort of GENIO reverse.
My guess is Alexandria... so ALE(alpha?)
There are obviously a lot of Sol/Oriens coins with captives so the captive being an attribute of Sol/Oriens here is not surprising. It's fun for...
It looks to me as if Mars is receiving the globe. And if Martin's rule holds true that these are the deities themselves rather than a...
I found this thread while researching this new coin... I have a soft spot for Aurelian and his coins and noticed this was a different reverse...
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