I think it's Valens, the obv legend is shorter.
I'm sure it's delta.
I have seen many with dog paws but never with a cat's paw. Considering that nowadays cats love to just get their paws (claws out or not) into...
Not nearly as plentiful and diverse as your lot, but interesting, if only to a more niche numismatist and/or collector focused on the late roman...
I'm going to post the most cliche reply, with the helmeted crusader denier of Antioch. This one is a bit different with the single annulet mark in...
To tell you the truth, I'm just not sure. There is certainly more of the 'drachma' or 'starter' types around, but that can be explained by their...
Your Istros fraction with the incuse square reverse and the 3/4 facing heads is an earlier GII from ca. before 400BC.
Budget: [ATTACH] Non-budget, 15x with pedigree [ATTACH]
Yes, I did, but it was more than 12-15yrs ago I think. The old pic was also used on Not in RIC. I remember getting some offers for it but I wasn't...
The RIC 104 (corrected by Lech in Not in RIC) that you mention with the CAES obverse paired with GENIO CAESARIS reverse. This is I think scarce...
Wonderful find. I don't have my RIC X with me, but is this type with empress sitting on throne facing recorded for Pulcheria? I thought this was...
I'd be worried too.
It's an interesting coin, but how sure can we be that it's one of the 'Corinth' issues considering the difference in weight and the patina on your...
Unfortunately I don't have the means for these high end venues.
Ah, the great style and the detailed legends of Thessalonica in the late 1220s. [ATTACH]
CGB had these two and a few more with the same general appearance and patina in the summer of 2020. Possibly from a late Tetrarchy hoard in...
The no politics is a good call. There are now precious few places that remain politics free and I do prefer keeping them like they are even if...
I have always seen these in auctions etc but never as far as I remember with a minting place. Is there no research to point to the mint that...
There are 2 things that I never bother with when following an auction: grading and estimate.
Same series with the OP, but the regular issue for Gratian at Siscia for his quidecennalia: [ATTACH] A similar smaller type, but later, from...
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