Unless it was struck by a visionary seer in ancient times there is no way it could be ancient. Still, a nice coin and it beats having the current...
Egypt, Alexandria Titus, Billon Tetradrachm [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah. Amazing. And now you can take the 23andme analysis and find out quite a bit about your ancestry. Mine was basically all Western...
Maybe Justinian was trying to make a change from the past with those frontal full-face portraits Doug.
Nice coin @thejewk
Salonina, wife of Gallienus Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Something happened after the reigns of Phillip, Decius, and Gallus to destroy the monetary system as it existed - the smaller denominations were...
Just received this in the mail courtesy of @Bing 's recent auction. I don't always buy Byzantine coins, but when I do...I like higher quality...
"return of the happy times" type in English.
Very interesting coin. The closest thing I have in this time period is Nero. Nero. (A.D. 54-68) Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams,...
I agree. My knowledge of coinage in all aspects has greatly increased because of CoinTalk.com - it is an invaluable resource.
Fascinating coins @Victor_Clark ! I am wondering about the reasons for these issues, was it primarily to address a shortage of small change coins?...
Thank you @Alegandron !
Well, it's a nice coin. I don't have the experience with LRB's in this grade to tell.
Very nice coin and write-up @Jochen
Great coins @ominus1 - thanks for the share!
My Postumus with a very cool Serapis. Yes, they worshiped Serapis in Gaul/Germany! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And a double sestertius for good...
Congrats on achieving 8 years VK! I hope you stick around for another 8 years (and many more!)
Nice job cleaning. Pretty good results on that silver.
Thanks @Justin Lee - you always have interesting coins to talk about. Congrats on your near two-year anniversary, too!
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