My other challenge tonight is these ugly ducks with gibberish legends... some attributions say Valerian, some say Volusian... The legends don't...
The closest I can find is SNG Kop. 244 on acsearch... below is an example but no beard... and I need beard to be satisfied with this attribution!...
Sweet! Thanks! It looks like he has 788a covered. I'm guessing the 788c is a variant with a star. These coins are cool but with so many the same,...
Ahhh! Awesome, someone who knows these! PS: I haven't forgotten that I owe you a meet-up for some coining talk. ...my excuse is that my 2.75 year...
I wouldn't call it a "cabinet" but I do have some fakes that I keep. Most fake coins I have (that I know of) I've bought for fun, knowing they...
Back on for late night coining... I'm not working on anything pretty or easy tonight... I'm trying to nail down attributions for these three...
Here's what the legends mean if you're interested. CONSTANTIVS PF AVG = Constantius P (Pius) F (Felix) Aug (Augustus):"Constantius, pious,...
I get what Doug is saying about people who set values on coins for more than they're worth, just because the coin is 1750 years old. But I don't...
Nice! I agree with Valentinian on the digital enlargement. Welcome to ancient coin collecting. Hopefully this is the first of many! What does the...
Haha... I’m holding it hostage for a ransom of your rare usurper coins!
That's a great coin @Shea19 ! I have one similar coin of Trajan with a bust that somewhat resembles Nerva... these were probably minted at about...
I have my own cat coin assistant. This is Charlie... or Charlos, or Charla... or any other number of nicknames: (I should say that Charlie's...
Those are some nice pickups! I like the bottle cap, I don't have any of those. It's too bad Valentinian and Valens didn't mint more bronze coin...
Most likely a Slavey replica or similar. Look to the bottom of the reverse and you may see a stamped mark like mine: [ATTACH]
Constantius II CONSTANTI-VS PF AVG LROSDC (laurel + rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed. These have one ()-shaped laurel leaf between each...
Constantius II Ob: CONSTANTIVS PF AVG R: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN Mint mark:SMTSE(Epsilon) Thessalonica I'll look for a reference.
Who's out there coining late? If you see a pattern with me reviving this thread after midnight on Saturdays... it's because my 2.75 year-old...
Here's an interesting newish coin... It's interesting because it's a first issue with a bust with the characteristics of the previous (although...
If I remember right... If they were bronze, I don’t think they were meant to fool anyone but to serve as coinage where it may have been scarce at...
Antioch made these for many emperors over a long time period.
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