Very nice! Interesting that is was struck on a larger module / weight standard flan. There was clearly still enough profit in striking on a...
Nice! Some news for a happier future. SC
Awesome coin VC. Though we will never know, this really seems to be a possible case where the Emperor may have been personally consulted on the...
A die shift is definitely a "flaw", in that it is a sign of an imperfection in the striking process. But a coin can be beautifully struck with...
Which is slightly ironic in a discussion on someone like Dalmatius. The Romans really were a bunch of backstabbing bas!@rd$.... It is great that...
Bernard, I am glad I am not the only one who often writes a message and then realizes I was not logged in. I do it all the time.... For the kind...
Sadly, there is no easy answer here. We don't know what the ancients called all of their coins or denominations - though we know some. We also...
Hard to be 100% sure. In the early fifth century the quality of official coins was sometimes pretty horrible - especially at Rome, though I can't...
Unfortunately, in the photo it very much looks like a modern sand cast copy. Weak watery details, many air bubbles, uniform finish, etc. SC
Flan curvature would easily explain it and seratus coins often have some distortion due to the way the teeth were cut. But one would have to have...
I was almost certain that it was a reverse die match, but my eye keeps being drawn to Victory's wings - and in particular the space between the...
Nice stuff. The patina of the first one looks just like mine. Mine came from a dealer in Zhejiang. SC
Very nice! I can't make out the shape of the upper fork on the Zhu on OldWorldCoins' example, but it has a nice very narrow Wu that should assist...
The first one, the FTR Falling Horseman, has an M in the reverse field and is thus from the 6th and last series, dated to 356-358. The Licinius...
"Herodotus" is absolutely right. The link between history and coinage is one of the great things about this hobby. Sometimes you read or learn...
If anyone has a copy for sale please pm me with price. Shawn
I am selling some books from my collection. Prices in US$. Shipping from Ottawa, Canada not included. Discount for larger orders. Please PM me...
In addition I would recommend MIBE (Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire) and MIBEC (MIBE Continued) by Wolfgang Hanh. SC
The vast majority of the rings are Islamic circa 16th to early 20th centuries. Typical of "Holy Land" finds, though several types are often...
David Hendin, in his excellent Guide to Biblical Coins, 5th edition, states, referring to the 30 pieces of silver referred to in Matthew 26:14-15,...
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