this coin with a Chi-Rho on the helmet [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 319 18mm 2.8g IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG -- high crested helmet with Chi-Rho...
London mint is one of my favorites...I currently have 132 coins for Constantine from London. Below is my example of RIC 169 (obverse legend of AG...
I recently got this rare bust type for Constantine with a "Prince of Youth" reverse. This honorific usually referred to the young heir apparent;...
Though RIC describes the reverse as Victory with palm in each hand, she is actually holding a palm branch in left hand and laurel branch in right...
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This coin is not in RIC and I didn't find any other examples online including Probus.net, Wildwinds and acsearch. Does anybody have a reference?...
For these coins, the Roman mint had to strike X amount per pound (al marco); so the individual weight (al pezzo...like gold coins), though...
The majority of ancients are "loose ungraded."
some more Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) here is one that needed a light cleaning [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 324-325 18x20mm...
If you want to get a campgate from Sirmium it has to be Constantius II. Sirmium issued SARMATIA DEVICTA reverse for Constantine I and Crispus and...
I did not say it was issued only for Constans, I merely gave the possible reason for its issue. The two captives FEL TEMP may have been issued...
I don't use it; but it is easily removable with acetone and does no harm to the surface.
I don't see any signs of bronze disease. BD is light green and powdery. Here is a pic of a coin with BD-- [ATTACH]
The reverse legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO roughly translates to “good times are here again”. This reverse possibly alludes to a trip Constans made to...
The legend on your coin was pretty easy to make out combined with the Fortuna/Providentia reverse. If you recognize the reverse types it is much...
This is a rarer coin from Caracalla Caracalla. Serdica, Thrace (Sofia, Bulgaria) 211 - 217 A.D.; Obverse: AYT K M AYP CEYH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate...
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This reverse of this coin is VOT easter egg XX :) [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 321 Ӕ nummus 20mm 3.7g CONSTA-NTINVS AVG; Laureate head...
Palladas, a 4th century AD pagan writer mentions the follis. He is alluding to the stripping down and melting of temple treasures, like a statue...
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