Never can have too many coins...
Nice coin Donna.
Tiny AE4 of Arcadius, obverse completely worn off. Is this tiny camp gate really the Glory of the Republic? Also Rome was neither a republic nor...
This one has one of the worst reverses I've seen in my collection, portrait not-so-hot, too...Tetricus II as Caesar [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looks like Quasimodo Donna.
Nice coins all. I have yet to score a Maxentius consular type. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think the mask on the emperor's face means that he is sheltering-in-place. :)
I agree that Christian historians/panegyrists of the time whitewashed the crimes of Constantine in order to give us the story of his conversion...
So I guess the gist of this is that this is an OK practice so long as the underlying coin features are not harmed? I agree that it tends to...
My pick for worst emperor is undoubtedly Honorius. Acceding to the throne at age 10 he was controlled by a coterie of advisors including the...
I'm surprised that anyone would "add" a sandy patina. Seems like a way to ruin an authentic coin and at minimum is slightly unethical.
You probably would want to know about the Notitia Dignitatum, a compendium which includes examples of shield patterns of hundreds of units in the...
Nice coin. I have some Constans II pieces but they are nothing to look at for the most part. Your Constantine IV coin is large for the time, well...
Here's a SOLI CONS AVG type. Gallienus, AE antoninianus, Rome mint. Sole reign. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Reverse: SOLI CONS...
You don't see them on the bronze pieces of the early Empire very often (at least I haven't) - nice coin and patina!
I also forgot to add that I am a Gen X'r....pic below from last August. I can't climb cliffs - about the best I could do was the hike up to the...
The parsimonious accountant-minded Anastasius, who left the treasury 23 million solidi in its coffers upon his death. Anastasius, 491-518 A.D....
Great write-up and coin!
Great book with some beautiful representations.
Neat coins all. Would really love to get one of these types.
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