Thank You @zumbly - looks like an excellent resource. Most of the searches I did revealed nothing but finally found one that had passed from hand...
Fascinating table @TIF ! Thanks so much for posting.
Fascinating to think that such coins circulated for so long, even if intermittently!!!
Great examples @TIF - I had a little trouble attributing the coin and finding the legends, and it does appear to be a rare reverse type. The ones...
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I found this one for a pretty reasonable price, struck as Caesar (139-161) and continues my recent trend of focusing on coins of Alexandria....
Congrats - that must be an amazing challenge.
Stay Safe and be sure to evacuate if that is required. My niece lives in Hopland and is threatened by the Mendocino Complex fire (2% contained) I...
And here is one of Vetranio, who ruled from 1 March 350 to December 25th 350 when he voluntarily stepped down on Christmas Day at a joint ceremony...
And Magnus Maximus, the erstwhile commander of Britain who rebelled against Gratian in 383, and who was defeated by Theodosius at the battle of...
Here's a Magnentius AE 2 of Trier[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for sprucing it up a bit @Bing !
I really like both coins and the write-ups...a very tough decision.
Doug's coin has 7 phalera, mine has 3. I'm going to look at the differences and see how many variants there are. It does prove that LRB's can have...
It's pretty interesting looking at lefty-righty coins of the same emperor. One that has as lot of distinctive types is Probus.
I also have to go with the Caesar coin but the Plautilla coin is great too, and tops the Caesar coin for best bargain. So that's how I voted.
Here's another Constans....Obverse: FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, reverse: GLORIA EXCERCITVS, Siscia mint [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am looking for a Galba tet of Alexandria such as the following (not my coin) [ATTACH] They seem to be quite rare and I can't find any for...
That Alexander piece is very nice and somewhat historical. I think that because of the memento value of the coin I'm going to vote for @Ancient...
Too bad but I have to agree with the others. It's a scarce type and thus likely to be copied.
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