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Kevin in quality control was working at NCGS, apparently, when this one was slabbed. [ATTACH] Diocletian? [MEDIA] I don't like slabs and I...
I had to use die-matching and comparison to high-grade examples to determine this one was Philip II: [ATTACH]
Club of Herakles? [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ assarion, 16.0 mm, 2.51 g, 1 h. Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad...
Because the legend reads FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. It's easy to confuse CONSTANTINVS with CONSTANTIVS, just as it's easy to confuse MAXIMIANVS...
The British Museum website now attributes all of the "Laodicea" mint issues of Septimius Severus to Antioch. I have written about this issue here...
A very desirable coin, @Marsman , and one I'd like to acquire someday. A couple of Livias: [IMG] Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman Æ...
[ATTACH]Philip I and Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Roman Provincial Æ Pentassarion; 12.50 g, 26.1 mm, 7 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate...
Traditionally, the bearded portraits have been attributed to Philip I and the beardless to Philip II. This is probably not true in all cases, though.
Oh, I just noticed! Yours is CONSTANTIUS II, not Constantine II.
These coins were produced over a span of many years and it's no exaggeration to say they are the product of scores (hundreds?) of different...
Great job cleaning that one, @Inspector43 ! Here's one from Heraclea. [ATTACH] Constantine II as Caesar, AD 317-337 Roman Æ Centenionalis; 3.86...
The Greeks and Romans used quadrans in this way! For example, Matthew 5:26 reads: ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον...
Pegasus on a coin from Corinth: [IMG] Caligula, AD 37-41. Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g. Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius...
Beautiful denarius, @Shea19 ! I have long been puzzled by this one, because Bonus Eventus is a male deity and the figure on this coin's reverse...
The reverse legend is unbroken in the Ruzicka listing, though present on the CNG example. Just struck with a different die. What's the diameter...
Your post inspired me to look a little more into the history of Stack's Coin Galleries from the time and I came across this fascinating history.
Geta Pautalia. Ruzicka 836: [ATTACH] Compare this one from CNG: [ATTACH]
Lovely example of that issue, @DonnaML , with a particularly appealing reverse. You might be interested in a thread I started about these two...
Gorgeous!
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